(p. 485) daśērā a feast (held by non-Bengalis) on the day of immersion of the image of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 82)

(p. 517) dainika daily; diurnal. n. a daily newspaper, a daily. দৈনিক অধিদেয় বা ভাতা daily allowance. দৈনিক পত্রিকা n. a daily newspaper, a daily. 47)

(p. 485) daridra poor, penurious, indigent; lacking, deficient; wretched. fem. দরিদ্রা । ̃তা n. poverty, penury; indigence; lack, deficiency; wretchedness. ̃নারায়ণ n. the poor conceived as God personified; the beggar class. ̃নিবাস n. a poorhouse; a workhouse. 43)

(p. 484) dantauṣṭhya (gr.) labiodental. n. a lobiodental letter or sound, a labiodental. 2)

(p. 492) dān̐ḍ়ipāllā a pair of scales. 4)

(p. 522) draṣṭabya worth seeing or visiting (দ্রষ্টব্য স্হান); worthy of reference (এই প্রসঙ্গে গীতা দ্রষ্টব্য); worthy of note; warranting attention, remarkable; warranting consideration. int. (erron.) vide, see. 101)

(p. 497) dāsa a servant, an attendant; a slave (দাসব্যবসায়); a fisherman by caste (দাসজাতি); a Shudra (শূদ্র); a nonAryan; a victim or a minion (অবস্হার দাস); a humble man or a dependant (হুজুর দাসের প্রতি দয়া করুন) fem দাসী । ̃খত n. a written bond of slavery. ̃ত্ব n. servitude; slavery; state of being a victim, bondage, dependence. দাসত্ব করা v. to be slave of, to serve as a slave. ̃ত্ব প্রথা n. the institution of ownership of slaves, slavery. দাসত্ববন্ধন, দাসত্বশৃঙ্খলা n. the bonds of slavery. দাসত্বশৃঙ্খল মোচন n. emancipation or freedom from bondage. দাসত্ববৃত্তি n. slavery. দাসত্বে আবদ্ধ enslaved, in bondage. ̃দাসী n. pl. servants male and female, man-servants and maid-servants. ̃প্রথা same as দাসত্বপ্রথা । ̃ব্যবসায় n. slave-trade. ̃মনোবৃত্তি, ̃মনোভাব n. slave mentality; servility. দাসানুদাস n. a slave of one's slave, a very humble servant or dependant. দাসীপুত্র n. one's son born of his maid-servant; an illegitimate son. দাসীবৃত্তি, দাসীত্ব n. profession of or service as a maid or maid-servant. 9)

(p. 497) digdiganta all quarters or directions of the globe; all regions or places. দিগ্দিগন্তর n. different quarters or directions of the globe; different regions or places. দিগ্দিগন্তে, দিগ্দিগন্তরে adv. everywhere, far and near, far and wide. 21)

(p. 500) duḥsaha hard to bear or endure or suffer, severe; unbearable, insufferable, intolerable. দুঃসহ যন্ত্রণা unbearable or severe pain. 62)

(p. 522) dōhaśālā a dairy farm, a dairy. 24)

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

(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. 485) darakāra necessity; need; requirement; use. তোমার দরকার কত what is your requirement? তোমার দরকার কী what do you want? what is your business? তাকে তোমার কী দরকার what do you want him for? why do you want him? what do you want to do with him? তাতে তোমার দরকার কী how does it concern you? দরকারি a. necessary; useful; important (দরকারি কথা). তোমার দরকার নেই it is none of your business or concern. দরকারমতো according to necessity, as and when necessary. 24)

(p. 484) dama1 rule, control, control or repression of senses, continence (শমদম). 11)

(p. 485) dā1 a heavy knife or chopper with a haft. দা-কাটা a. (chiefly of tobacco) chopped fine or minced with the aforesaid knife. দা-কুমড়ো সম্পর্ক relationship as between a chopper and a pumpkin; (fig.) deadly or inveterate enmity; implacable antagonism. 100)