(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. 497) dāha burning, conflagration, combustion (গৃহদাহ); cremation (শবদাহ); severe or scorching heat (দিনের দাহ); inflammation (রোগের দাহ); affliction (অন্তর্দাহ). দাহক a. burning; cremating; scorching; inflammatory; afflicting, distressing. fem. দাহিকা । ̃ক্রিয়া n. cremation. ̃ন n. act of burning; cremation; act of scorching; inflammation; affliction. ̃ভূমি n. burning or cremation ground. দাহিকাশক্তি n. the power of burning; burning capacity. দাহী same as দাহক । 13)

(p. 522) dbitīẏa second; another. দ্বিতীয়া a. fem. second; another; (of the days of a lunar fortnight) second. n. a second day of a lunar fortnight. দ্বিতীয়ত adv. secondly, in the second place. দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধ n. the Second World War. দ্বিতীয়াশ্রম n. the domestic or married life which is the second of the four stages of human life according to Hindu scriptures. 56)

(p. 506) durākrama, durākramya difficult to attack, not easily invaded. 18)

(p. 485) daragā (Mus.) a mausoleum of a holy saint. 26)

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

(p. 508) durbākya harsh words; discourteous words or language; revilement. 15)

(p. 485) dān̐ḍ়ā2 practice, custom, usage, go (বেদাঁড়া). 111)

(p. 522) dbigu (gr.) a system of forming numerative compounds. 53)

(p. 517) dēśōẏāli a rustic; a co-villager; an upcountryman. দেশোয়ালি ভাই (ridi.) a country cousin; a person hailing from the same country or region. 30)

(p. 522) dbāsaptati seventy-two. ̃তম a. seventy-second. fem. ̃তমী । 51)

(p. 495) dāridra, dāridrya poverty; indigence; penury; lack, want; humbleness. ̃ব্যঞ্জক, ̃সূচক a. betraying or indicating poverty. ̃মোচন n. removal or elimination of poverty, liquidation of poverty. ̃সীমা n. poverty level. 46)

(p. 495) dāmaḍ়ā a castrated ox or bull, a bullock (also দা়মড়া গোরু). দামড়া-ঘোড়া n. a gelding. 20)

(p. 522) dbaibhāgika (bot.) bifurcate. 75)

(p. 481) dakṣiṇācāra a system of Tantric (তান্ত্রিক) rituals. দক্ষিণাচারী a. & n. one who follows this system. 2)