(p. 497) diggaja (myth.) any one of the eight celestial elephants guarding the quarters of the globe; (chiefly iron.) a very erudite or prominent or capable man; a portentous idiot. a. (chiefly iron.) very erudite or vastly learned or prominent or capable (দিগ্গজ পন্ডিত, দিগ্গজ উকিল, দিগ্গজ ছেলে). 18)

(p. 508) dēbāẏudha a god's weapon; a divine or celestial weapon; the rainbow. 139)

(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. 500) dum̐ha, dum̐hā, dum̐hu (poet.) both.

(p. 508) dēnā a debt; an outstanding payment or bill, a liability; dues. দেনা করা v. to borrow; to run into a debt. দেনা থাকা v. to be indebted. দেনা দেওয়া v. to repay a debt; to acquit oneself of debts. দেনায় ডুবু-ডুবু over head and ears in debt. দেনায় মাথার চুল বিকানো (lit.) to have to sell one's hair in order to repay debts; (fig.) to be on one's last legs to pay off one's debts. ̃দার, দেনদার n. a debtor; a borrower. a. indebted. দেনা-পাওনা n. assets and liabilities. 130)

(p. 522) dbīpa an island, an isle. ক্ষুদ্র দ্বীপ an islet. দ্বীপপুঞ্জ n. a group of islands, an archipelago. ব্রিটিশ দ্বীপপুঞ্জ the British Isles. দ্বীপবাসী n. an islander, an islesman, (rare) an isleman. a. living in an island. 63)

(p. 517) dēhātmabāda the doctrine of the identity of the body and the soul (that is, body is the soul); materialism. দেহাত্মবাদী a. identifying the body and the soul; materialistic. n. a believer in the identity of the body and the soul; a materialist. 38)

(p. 497) digbijaẏa conquest of (all the quarters of) the world (by armed invasion or by any good quality such as learning, literary talent etc.), world-conquest. দিগ্বিজয় করা v. to conquer the whole world. দিগ্বিজয়ী a. world conquering. n. a world-conquerer. 28)

(p. 505) dumbā a kind of fat sheep having a short tail. 14)

(p. 508) duṣkāla an inauspicious or unpropitious time. 64)

(p. 485) darabāra an audience-chamber, a levee, a court, a durbar (রাজদরবার); a seeking or solicitation (চাকরির জন্য দরবার). দরবার করা v. to seek or solicit, to canvass; to hold a court or levee; to audience. দরবার বসা v. the court sits. দরবার ভাঙা v. the court rises. দরবারে বসা v. to sit at court. দরবারি a. one who frequents a royal court (দরবারি লোক); befitting a court, according to the regulations of a court (দরবারি ভাষা, দরবারি পোষাক, দরবারি রীতিনীতি). দরবারি কানাড়া an Indian musical mode. দরবারি চালচালন court-manners. দরবারি ব্যাপার a court-affair. দরবারি ভাষা court-language. দরবারি রীতিনীতি court-regulations, protocol. দরবারি লোক a courtier. 35)

(p. 517) dēśāntara another country, a different country; a distant land; (geog.) longitude. দেশান্তরিত a. gone to another country or a different country; gone to a distant or foreign land; expelled from a country or from one's country; living and settled in a foreign country. দেশান্তরি a. gone to a foreign country; emigrant, migrant; living or settled in a foreign country. 26)

(p. 500) duḥshita distressed, afflicted, woebegone; (phys.) instability; unstable equilibrium. 66)

(p. 508) dēbā (dero. & sarcas.) a god or a man ('যেমন দেবা, তেমনি দেবী' = like man, like wife). 134)

(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)