(p. 517) dēẏāsi a votary. 17)

(p. 517) dainya utter poverty or need, indigence; affliction, distress; humbleness; wretchedness, misery; penury. ̃দশা, দৈন্যাবস্হা n. utter poverty, indigent condition; afflicted or distressed or humble or wretched or miserable state. ̃দশাগ্রস্ত, ̃দশাপন্ন, ̃পীড়িত a. poverty-stricken, indigent; afflicted, distressed; wretched, miserable; penurious. 48)

(p. 517) dēśika a traveller; one who guides along the right path or shows the way to salvation; a preceptor (দেশিকোত্তম). 28)

(p. 499) dina2 (Mus.) religion, faith. ̃দুনিয়ার মালিক God (or Allah) as the Lord of the (Islamic) faith and of the world.

(p. 484) dabadabā . the height of power, prosperity and prestige; pomp and splendour. 10)

(p. 485) dasturi discount; commission, brokerage. 89)

(p. 495) dābadāha the heat of a forest-fire; a forest-fire; (inc. but pop.) the scorching heat. 10)

(p. 485) daśa ten; (fig.) the people, the public (দেশ ও দশ, দশের কাজ); (fig.) several persons united into a body (দশে মিলি করি কাজ). a. ten; many, several (দশ কথা শোনান, এক কথা দশবার শোনানো). দশই n. the tenth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) tenth. দশক n. (arith.) the place of tens; a decade. ̃কথা n. many words; much talking; many rude words, much scolding. ̃কর্ম n. the ten Hindu sacraments. ̃কর্মান্বিত a. one who takes or has taken the ten Hindu sacraments. ̃কাহন n. ten kahans (কাহন); many words; much talking; exaggeration; many rude words, much scolding. ̃কিয়া n. a table of numeration by multiple of ten. ̃কোষী, (dial.) ̃কুশি n. a measure of kirtan (কীর্তন) songs. ̃গুন a. & adv. ten times. ˜চক্র n. a plot or intrigue or bad counsel by ten or many persons. দশচক্রে ভগবান ভূত (fig.) even a very intelligent man may be discomfited or cornered or pushed to the wall or endangered by the intrigue or bad counsel of the many. ̃তলক n. a decahedron. ̃দশা see ̃দশা । ̃দিক see দিক । ̃নামী n. ten religious communities obeying the doctrines of Shankaracharya. ̃পঁচিশ n. an indoor game like dice played with cowries (কড়ি). ̃প্রহরণধারিণী a. fem. (also used as n.) holding ten weapons esp. in ten hands (an epithet of Goddess Durga). ̃বল see বল । ̃বিধ a. of ten kinds or varieties. ̃বিধ সংস্কার the ten Hindu sacraments. ̃ভুজ (বা দশকোণী) ক্ষেত্র n. a decagon. ̃ভুজা a. fem. (also used as n.) ten-handed (an epithet of Goddess Durga). দশম a. tenth. ̃মহাবিদ্যা see মহাবিদ্যা । দশমাংশ, দশাংশ n. a tenth; the tenth part. ̃মাবতার n. (kalki) (কল্কি) the tenth and last incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃মিক a. (arith.) decimal (দশমিক ভগ্নাংশ). n. (arith.) decimal fraction. দশমিক পদ্ধতি decimal system. দশমিক-মুদ্রা প্রথা decimal system of coinage. দশমিকমুদ্রা প্রথা চালু করা বা হওয়া to go decimal. দশমী n. the tenth day of a lunar fortnight. ̃মূল see মূল । ̃রথ n. one whose chariot can fly in all ten directions; Ramachandra's father (in the Ramayana). ̃শত n. & a. thousand. ˜সহস্র n. & a. ten thousand, myriad. ˜সালা a. decennial. দশসালা বন্দোবস্ত (hist.) the decennial settlement (of land). ̃স্কন্ধ a. ten-necked. ̃হারা n. the tenth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Jaistha (জ্যৈষ্ঠ); the date of the descent of the Ganges upon earth; on this date a bath in the Ganges relieves one of ten kinds of sin. ̃হাত n. ten cubits. a. measuring ten cubits; (fig.) very much expanded or puffed up (বুক ফুলে দশ হাত). ̃হাতি a. measuring ten cubits; (of cloth) having the standard length (=1 cubits). 72)

(p. 522) dbyartha two meanings, double meanings, ambiguity; equivocation. a. having two or double meanings; ambiguous; equivocal. দ্ব্যর্থক a. having two or double meanings; ambiguous; equivocal. দ্ব্যর্থক কথা a quibble or equivocation. দ্ব্যর্থক শব্দ a double entendre. দ্ব্যর্থকতা, দ্ব্যর্থতা n. ambiguity, equivocalness. দ্ব্যর্থহীন a. unequivocal, unambiguous. 84)

(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. 492) dātā one who or that which gives away in charity or gives or pays or contributes or donates; munificent, charitable. n. a giver, a payer, a contributor, a donor; a charitable or munificent man. ̃কর্ণ n. (fig.) a person as boundlessly charitable or bountiful as Karna of the Mahabharata. 24)

(p. 506) duranta unmanageably restless or naughty (দুরন্ত শিশু); romping and mischievous; terrible, awful (দুরন্ত ক্রোধ); not easily subdued, very powerful and ferocious (দুরন্ত শত্রু); extremely galling and hard to cure (দুরন্ত ব্যাধি); intolerably hot (দুরন্ত রোদ্দুর); severe (দুরন্ত শীত); very strong (দুরন্ত ঝড়); very steep, difficult to go through or across (দুরন্ত পথ); very restless or billowy (দুরন্ত সমুদ্র). ̃পনা n. restlessness that is difficult to control; romping and mischievous conduct or behaviour; uncontrollable naughtiness. 8)

(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. 522) dōṣī guilty, offending; criminal; sinning. দোষী সাব্যস্ত হওয়া to be adjudged a guilty. 16)

(p. 508) dēdīpyamāna very brightly flaming or blazing; brilliantly shining; effulgent. 126)