(p. 522) draupadī the name of the heroine of the Mahabharata as she was the daughter of the King Drupada (দ্রুপদ). রন্ধনে দ্রৌপদী a female cook of incomparable efficiency. 117)

(p. 522) dōhāra any one of the members of a chorus song or choir, who repeats the burden or every line after the leader of the party, (cp.) a chorist; (sarcas.) a second or a yes-man. ̃কি n. act of singing the burden of a chorus song after the leader; (sarcas.) act of seconding or yes-manship. 26)

(p. 485) darakacā, darakān̐cā partly ripe, imperfectly mellowed; (of vegetables, meat etc.) refusing to be thoroughly softened by boiling; (of skin etc.) stricken with callosity. 22)

(p. 485) daṣṭa bitten (সর্পদষ্ট); eaten (কীটদষ্ট); stung (ভ্রমরদষ্ট). 83)

(p. 507) duri the two of playing-cards or dice, the deuce. 6)

(p. 508) duścēṣṭā an attempt to accomplish an impossible task; a desperate attempt; an impossible or futile or unjustifiable attempt. দুশ্চেষ্টিত a. attempting to accomplish an impossible task; attempting desperately; making an impossible or futile or unjustifiable attempt. 59)

(p. 517) daiśika concerning a country or a province or a region or a locality, native, provincial, regional, local; concerning a part; partial. 57)

(p. 500) dīkṣaka one who initiates esp. to a religious practice. n. an initiator, a preceptor, a guru, a teacher. 19)

(p. 522) dbipa the elephant. 58)

(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. 507) durjaẏa difficult to conquer or subdue; invincible; turbulent. 26)

(p. 492) dādu grandfather. 36)

(p. 508) durbipāka a disaster; a danger, a hazard; a difficulty, a trouble. 21)

(p. 485) daridrita impoverished, reduced to poverty. 44)

(p. 485) dastānā a glove; a gauntlet. দস্তানা-পরা a. gloved; gauntleted. 87)