(p. 492) dāna2 act of giving; act of giving away; bestowal; award; charitable giving or distribution (অন্নদান); act of giving in marriage (কন্যাদান); offering, sacrifice, dedication (পরার্থে জীবনদান); contribution; a gift or a charitable gift (মহামূল্য দান); an offering, a sacrifice; a donation; a throw or cast (at dice. etc.); a turn (for doing something). দান করা v. to give; to give away; to give or distribute in charity; to donate, to contribute; to bestow; to confer; to award; to give in marriage; to offer, to sacrifice; to dedicate. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. practice of charity; act or instance of charity. ̃কাতর, ̃কুন্ঠ a. slow or unwilling to give, not charitable; miserly, parsimonious, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly. ̃খয়রাত n. bounty, charity; charitable deeds; act or practice of charity. ̃ধর্ম n. the virtue of charity. ̃ধ্যান n. charity and religious meditation. ̃পত্র n. a deed of gift. ̃বীর a. & n. one who is extremely (lit. heroically) bountiful. ˜যোগ্য a. worthy of being given. ̃শীল a. bountiful, munificent, charitable, generous. ̃শীলতা n. bounty, munificence, charity; generosity. ̃শৌন্ড same as দানবীর । ̃সজ্জা n. (in a wedding) display of gifts given to the bride and the bridegroom. ̃সত্র n. an almshouse; a charitable institution. ̃সাগর n. sixteen sets of gifts given in a sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony. ̃সামগ্রী n. an article of gift (esp. one given to the bride or bridegroom at a wedding). যেমন দান তেমনি দক্ষিণা (fig.) a niggardly master will have a lazy servant. 40)

(p. 505) dunā double, twice. 6)

(p. 492) dākṣāẏaṇī a daughter of Daksha (দক্ষ) an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) in her previous birth (see সতী). 8)

(p. 481) daḍ়i a cord, a string; a halter (ফাঁসির দড়ি a fillet (চুল-বাঁধা দড়ি). দড়ি ছেঁড়া v. to snap a string; to get loose from bonds or bondage; to escape from captivity or control. ̃ছেঁড়া a. got loosened from bonds or bondage; (fig.) out of captivity; (fig.) unrestrained. ̃দড়া n. strings and ropes, cordage. দড়ি দেওয়া v. (lit.) to give a piece of string; to put a halter round one's neck; to hang. দড়ি পাকানো v. to twist ropes and cords, to make ropes and cords. ̃কলসি n. a piece of cord and a pitcher: equipment for committing suicide (one may drown oneself by tying a pitcher full of water to one's neck with a piece of cord). তোমার দড়ি-কলসি জোটে না (in curses and scolding) go, get yourself drowned. তোমার গলায় দড়ি (in curses and scolding) go, hang yourself. ভেবে ভেবে দড়ি হওয়া to be reduced to a skeleton or be emaciated through worries and anxieties. 21)

(p. 505) duni a long canoe-shaped bucket for bailing out water. 7)

(p. 508) dēbāri an enemy of gods; a mythological demon; a rakshasa (রাক্ষস). 140)

(p. 500) duḥkhārta, duḥkhānbita . stricken with sorrow, rueful; afflicted; distressed; suffering. fem. দুখার্তা, দুঃখান্বিতা । 54)

(p. 522) dbāra a door; a gate; an entrance, a doorway; a gateway; a portico. ̃দেশ, ̃প্রান্ত n. the proximity of a gate or door; doorway, doorstep, gateway, portal; entrance. ̃দেশে, ̃প্রান্তে adv. at the door or gate or portal. ̃পাল, ̃পালক, ̃বান, ̃রক্ষক, ̃রক্ষী n. a doorkeeper, a gateman, a janitor (fem. : a janitress), a porter (fem. : a porteress, a portress). দ্বার রোধ করা v. to obstruct the door, to block up the door to make it impossible to pass. ̃স্হ a. standing or lying or situated at the gate; (humbly) waiting or begging at another's gate; to supplicate; seeking help from another (অসুবিধেয় পড়ে আপনার দ্বারস্হ হয়েছি). দ্বারে দ্বারে from door to door. 46)

(p. 497) dāśī of দাশ । 8)

(p. 508) dulānō to cause to swing or rock, to swing or rock or dangle or oscillate. 50)

(p. 480) daṃśala (obs. & poet.) bit or stung. 9)

(p. 500) duḥkha sorrow; affliction; grief; distress, suffering, misery (দুঃখে পড়া); pain, inflammation; regret (দুঃখ প্রকাশ করা). দুঃখ করা v. to regret; to rue, to grieve; to suffer pain, to take trouble; to be in distress, to undergo misery. দুঃখ দেওয়া v. to cause sorrow or regret, to grieve; to afflict; to distress; to pain; to give trouble. দুঃখ পাওয়া বা ভোগ করা v. to be stricken with sorrow or grief or misery (জীবনে অনেক দুঃখ পেয়েছে); to be afflicted or distressed or pained; to be in trouble, to suffer. দুঃখে পড়া v. to run into distress or trouble. দুঃখের কাহিনি a woeful or pathetic tale. দুঃখের বিষয় a matter of regret; a pity; a painful affair. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দ, ̃দায়ক, ̃দায়ী, ̃প্রদ a. painful; troublesome; woeful, distressing, agonizing; sorrowful. fem. দুঃখদায়িনী । ̃দারিদ্র n. distress and poverty, want and suffering or misery. ̃প্রদ same as দুঃখকর । ̃বাদ n. (phil.) pessimism. ̃বাদী a. pessimistic. n. a pessimist. ̃ভাগী a. sharing the sorrow of another. fem. দুঃখভাগিনী । ̃ভোগ n. act of suffering pain or undergoing distress. ̃ময় a. full of or abounding in sorrow or suffering. ̃মোচন n. act of relieving pain or distress; allaying or alleviation or mitigation of sorrow. ̃সহিষ্ণু a. one who patiently endures sorrow or suffering. ̃সাগর n. an ocean of sorrow, a sea of distress; endless sorrow or suffering. ̃হর, ̃হারী a. one who or that which relieves pain or sorrow or suffering. fem. দুঃখহরা, দুঃখহারিণী । 52)

(p. 508) dūrēkṣaṇa television. 86)

(p. 522) dbipa the elephant. 58)

(p. 522) dōṣaikadarśī, dōṣaikadṛk given only to counting demerits; cynical. 17)