(p. 485) dastura a custom or practice, a usage; a convention; a rule. ̃মতো, ̃মাফিয়া a. in keeping with custom or convention or rule, customary, conventional. adv. thoroughly, quite. 88)

(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. 481) daṇḍa1 a measure of time (=24 minutes). দণ্ডে দণ্ডে at every moment; every now and then, frequently, often; repeatedly, একদণ্ডে adv. in a short time; in a trice, in a moment, in a jiffy. 22)

(p. 500) dīnā of দীন2 । 25)

(p. 500) dīdhiti a ray, light; the name of a treatise on logic. ̃মান n. the sun. 23)

(p. 522) dbandba a quarrel, a dispute; a conflict; a strife; a fight; a duel; a competition; rivalry; a pair, a couple; a pair of two opposite things; (gr.) a copulative compound joining together two or more words or equal grammatical status (চখাচখী, স্বর্গ-মর্ত্য-পাতাল). দ্বন্দ্ব করা v. to quarrel (with); to fight (with); to compete or rival or vie (with). ̃প্রিয় a. quarrelsome; fond of fighting duels, pugnacious. ̃প্রিয়তা n. quarrelsomeness; pugnacity. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a single combat, a duel. ̃যোদ্ধা n. a duelist. দ্বন্দ্বাতীত a. (phil.) transcending all feelings of conflict or opposition; beyond controversy. দ্বন্দ্বী a. quarrelling; conflicting; fighting (with or against); duelling; competing, vying, rivalling. 39)

(p. 507) durgā Goddess Durga also called Shakti (শক্তি) or Force; the wife of Shiva (শিব)—she is the chief of female deities and a slayer of demons, and she presides over prosperity, victory, and fame of mankind. 17)

(p. 507) durgandha an offensive smell, a bad odour. a. ill-smelling; fetid, smelly, stinking. দুর্গন্ধী a. ill-smelling; fetid. 14)

(p. 485) dān̐ḍ়kāka the raven, the jackdaw, the rook. 109)

(p. 481) danuja (myth.) a son or descendant of Danu (দনু), a demon (demons were traditional enemies of gods). fem. দনুজা । ̃দলনী n. fem. the destroyer of demons: an appellation of goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 35)

(p. 497) dāsta evacuation of the bowels, motion purgation; faeces, stool; loose motion; diarrhoea. 11)

(p. 522) dōṣaikadarśī, dōṣaikadṛk given only to counting demerits; cynical. 17)

(p. 517) dēhōpajībinī a women who earns by engaging herself in sexual activity, a prostitute, a whore. 44)

(p. 522) dbaita duality, twoness; a dyad (শব্দদ্বৈত). ̃বাদ n. (phil.) dualism. ̃বাদী a. (phil.) dualistic. n. a dualist. ̃শাসন n. dual government, diarchy. ̃সংগীত n. a duet (song), antiphony. দ্বৈতাদ্বৈত n. (phil.) simultaneous diversity and unity of God and the Soul. দ্বৈতী same as দ্বৈতবাদী । 67)

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