(p. 500) dīkṣā admission with rite (as to a religious practice or order, a secret society etc.), initiation; employment in service of some sacred cause (স্বাধীনতার মন্ত্রে দীক্ষা); an instruction or teaching; a sacrament; an inspiration; (dero.) an instigation. দীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to initiate; to convert (মুসলমানধর্মে দীক্ষা দেওয়া); to baptize (খ্রিস্টধর্মে দীক্ষা নেওয়া); to teach, to indoctrinate (into a subject); to employ. দীক্ষা পাওয়া, দীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to be initiated; to be converted; to be baptized; to be taught or indoctrinated, to learn; to be employed. ̃গুরু n. an initiator; a guru or preceptor who has initiated. ̃গ্রহণ n. act of receiving initiation. দীক্ষা গ্রহণ করা v. to be initiated. ̃মন্ত্র n. a mysterious formula that a person is taught at initiation. 21)

(p. 500) duḥśīla misbehaved; ill-natured; wicked; depraved or vicious. fem. দুঃশীলা । ̃তা n. misbehaviour; bad nature; wickedness; depravity; viciousness. 59)

(p. 492) dākṣiṇya kindness, charity; favour; generosity, liberality; benevolence, bountifulness; benignance; gracefulness; cordiality, amiability; simplicity. 10)

(p. 497) digbhrama, digbhrānti an error in ascertainment of the right direction; failure in ascertaining the points of the compass. দিগ্ভ্রান্ত a. one who has failed to ascertain the right direction; gone astray; one who has failed to ascertain the points of the compass; perplexed, puzzled; bewildered. 24)

(p. 492) dātabya that which is to be or can be given; charitable (দাতব্য চিকিত্সালয় = a charitable dispensary, দাতব্য প্রতিষ্ঠান, দাতব্যখানা = a charitable institution, দাতব্য বিদ্যালয় = a free school). n. (coll.) charity, munificence (তোমার যে বড় দাতব্য). দাতব্য করা v. (coll.) to give (away) in charity. 23)

(p. 522) dyu heaven; the sky. 89)

(p. 508) durdharṣa difficult to vanquish or capture or conquer; difficult to bear or suffer; very powerful or turbulent. 2)

(p. 508) durlabha difficult to obtain or procure or attain; rare, scarce; extremely costly or dear. 46)

(p. 500) duḥsambāda a bad or evil news. 60)

(p. 508) duṣprabēśya, duṣprabēśa difficult to enter or penetrate. 71)

(p. 508) dūrīkaraṇa expulsion; removal, banishment; act of driving out or away, act of turning out. 82)

(p. 485) darbi, darbī a ladle. দর্বিকা n. a small ladle, a spoon. 53)

(p. 481) daḍ়baḍ় expressing: the noise of a horse's trot. দড়বড়ি adv. (poet.) trotting(ly). 18)

(p. 508) dula an ear-drop or earring. 47)

(p. 485) dāōẏāta an invitation; a feast. দাওয়াত দেওয়া v. to invite. 106)