(p. 540) dhāraṇa act of holding or catching; act of assuming (মূর্তিধারণ, নামাধারণ); act of putting on or wearing (বেশধারণ); act of bearing (শিরে পৃথিবী ধারণ); act of carrying, carriage (গর্ভে ধারণ); act of carrying in the womb (সন্তানধারণ); act of placing (মাথায় প্রসাদ ধারণ); act of retaining in mind, remembrance (উপদেশধারণ); acceptance; retention or restraint (মলমূত্রের বেগ ধারণ). ধারণ করা v. to hold, to catch; to assume; to wear, to put on; to bear; to carry; to carry in the womb; to place or put; to retain in the mind, to remember; to accept; to retain or restrain. ̃কারী same as ধারয়িতা । 17)

(p. 532) dharmābatāra virtue or piety or justice incarnate (used in addressing a judge, a king, a patron etc.). 28)

(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. 529) dh the nineteenth letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 529) dhaninī of ধনী2 । 27)

(p. 532) dharmīẏa religious, pertaining to, relating to or concerning religion (ধর্মীয় অনুষ্ঠান, ধর্মীয় উপদেশ) । 37)

(p. 542) dhuta caused to tremble or quiver, shaken; sounded or played (as a stringed musical instrument); expelled; removed, driven away, scolded, reprimanded. 19)

(p. 532) dhartabya worthy of being taken into consideration, countable. 16)

(p. 545) dhabja a flag, a banner, a standard, an ensign; the penis. ̃ক n. a flag, a standard. a. (bot.) vexillary. ̃দন্ড n. a flag-staff. ̃পট n. the bunting of a flag. ̃-বজ্রাঙ্কুশ n. three marks resembling a flag, a thunder and a goad imprinted on the sole of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু); (astrol.) a birth-mark indicating the chance of becoming a king. ̃বাহক n. a standardbearer; (mil.) an ensign. ̃বাহী a. carrying a flag or standard. ̃ভঙ্গ n. (of males) loss of sexual power, impotence, impotency. n. an impotent person. 32)

(p. 532) dhānāipānāi irrelevant talk or excuse. 77)

(p. 531) dhabala white (ধবলগিরি, ধবল আকাশ); grey (ধবল কেশ). n. the white colour; the grey colour; leucoderma. ধবলা a. fem. of ধবল । n. a white cow. ধবল-কুষ্ঠ n. leucoderma. ধবলাকার, ধবলাকৃতি a. looking white; white. ধবলিত a. made or turned white, whitened; turned grey (ধবলিত কেশ) ধবলিমা n. whiteness; whitishness. ধবলী n. a white cow. ধবলীকৃত a. made white, whitened. ধবলীভূত a. turned white or grey. 14)

(p. 543) dhurā the shaft of a vehicle, a thill; a yoke; an axle, an axle-tree; (fig.) burden, load. 22)

(p. 531) dhamani, dhamanī an artery; a vein; the pulsating vein palpable at the wrist. ̃স্পন্দন, ̃ঘাত n. pulse-beat, pulse; arterial throbbing. 16)

(p. 543) dhūsara the grey colour, the ash-colour. a. grey, ash-coloured, ashen, ashengrey, ashy. ধূসরাভ a. greyish. ধূপরিত a. made grey, greyed. ধূসরিমা n. greyness; the grey colour; greyishness. 38)

(p. 529) dhanī2 rich, wealthy, moneyed, affluent, opulent. n. a rich man.