(p. 540) dhārtarāṣṭra a son of King Dhritarashtra of the Mahabharata. 30)

(p. 532) dhānaśrī, dhānaśi an Indian musical mode. 76)

(p. 545) dhēidhēi the style or cue-words of the 'tandab' (তান্ডব) dance, the dance of extensive annihilation; a wild dance or movement. 4)

(p. 532) dhāpā a low and usually marshy land where rubbish and filth are deposited (also ধাপার মাঠ). 87)

(p. 532) dhāna paddy, rice (আমন ধান); measure of weight (= nearly 1 grain). আউস ধান autumn rice. আমন ধান winter rice. বীজ ধান n. paddy-seed. ধান কাটা v. to reap or harvest paddy-crop. ধান কাঁড়া same as ধান ভানা । ধান কাড়ানো v. to plough a paddy-field in order to remove weeds. ধান ঝাড়া v. to thresh paddy. ধান দিয়ে লেখাপড়া শেখা (fig.) to spend little for one's education; (fig.) to receive indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots in well-arranged lines; to stir paddy when it is husked by a husking pedal. ধান বোনা v. to sow paddy-seeds. ধানভাঙা, ধানভানা v. to husk paddy. ধানভাঙা কল a husking machine. ধান ভানতে শিবের গীত (fig.) an irrelevant talk or digression (often a ludicrous one). ধান মাড়ানো v. to thresh or separate paddy (from straw by making cows walk upon it). ধান রোয়া v. to transplant paddy-shoots. কত ধানে কত চাল (fig.) actual state or correct information, knowledge of what comes out of what; (fig.) consequence. পাকা ধানে মই দেওয়া (fig.) to do (one) irreparable harm; (fig.) to blast one's hopes when they are about to be realized. ̃খেত same as ধানজমি । ̃গাছ n. a paddy-plant. ধানগাছের তক্তা (fig.) a plank of grass, an impossible thing. ̃চারা n. a paddy-shoot. ̃জমি n. a paddy-field, a paddy-land. ̃দুর্বা n. paddy-grains and grass (used as auspicious articles in blessing). 75)

(p. 532) dharitrī the earth; the world. 14)

(p. 543) dhulaṭa a spell or act of wallowing in the dust in ecstasy caused by singing devotional song, post-hymnic ecstatic wallowing in the dust. 24)

(p. 532) dhātrīẏa a nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a foster-mother, a midwife; a nurse. 74)

(p. 545) dhōm̐ẏāpatha chimney. 18)

(p. 529) dhanicā a jute-like fibrous plant. 26)

(p. 531) dhanē coriander seed, coriander. 3)

(p. 543) dhūmākāra shaped like or looking like smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc. 29)

(p. 545) dhbajā a flag, a banner, a standard, an ensign; (sarcas. & dero.) simulacrum; a pretender (বিদ্যার ধ্বজা); (bot.) a vexillum. ̃ধারী a. bearing a standard; (sarcas.) one who keeps a tuft of hair uncut on one's crown as a mark of one's holiness or piety; (sarcas.) hypocritically upholding or defending (ধর্মের ধ্বজাধারী). 33)

(p. 532) dhāpa a step (as of a staircase); a stratum; a leap (দৌড়ধাপ). ধাপে ধাপে at every step; step by step; in a stratified manner; by degrees. 85)

(p. 542) dhukadhuka, dhukapuka expressing: the sound of palpitating or throbbing. ধুকধুক করা, ধুকপুক করা v. to palpitate, to throb. ধুকধুকানি n. palpitation, throbbing. 15)