(p. 529) dhaniṣṭhā (astro.) the twenty-third of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. 28)

(p. 543) dhū-dhū expressing: state of burning or flaming strongly (ধূ-ধূ করে জ্বলা); desolateness or voidance (মন ধূ-ধূ করা); vast expanse (ধূ-ধূ মাঠ). 2)

(p. 545) dhauta washed; cleansed or scrubbed or scoured with water; washed and bleached; inundated. ধৌত করা v. to wash, to clean. 25)

(p. 532) dharmāntara another religion, a different religion. ̃গ্রহণ n. adoption of or conversion to a different religion. ধর্মান্তর গ্রহণ করা v. to adopt a different religion, to be converted to a different religion. ধর্মান্তরিত a. converted to a different religion. fem. ধর্মান্তরিতা । ধর্মান্তরিত ব্যক্তি n. a religious convert. ধর্মান্তরীকরণ n. conversion to a different faith or religion, proselytism. 25)

(p. 531) dhanda, dhandha confusion or dazzlement of eyesight; confusion; bewilderment; suspicion. 6)

(p. 532) dharmāsana a judgment-seat, a seat of justice; the bench. 34)

(p. 532) dhasā to come off and fall down (নদীর পাড় ধসা); to collapse (বাড়ির পাঁচিল ধসা); to weaken or deteriorate (রোগে শরীর ধসা). a. that which has come off and fallen down; collapsed; weakened or deteriorated. ধসানো v. to cause to come off and fall down; to loosen and throw down; to cause to collapse; to make weak or to impair. 53)

(p. 545) dhyāna meditation; absorbing religious meditation; recollection; remembrance. ধ্যান করা v. to meditate (upon); to be absorbed in religious meditation; to recollect; to remember. ̃গম্ভীর a. grave and silent on account of absorption in meditation; consecrated or sanctified with holy meditation; solemnly absorbed in (spiritual) meditation ('ধ্যানগম্ভীর ঐ যে ভূধর'). ̃গম্য, ̃গোচর a. comprehensible or cognizable or attainable (only) through (deep) meditation. ̃জ্ঞান n. meditation and cognition, thought and feeling; (loos.) sole occupation or absorption. ̃তত্পর a. given to meditation; capable of being absorbed in meditation. ̃ধারণা n. meditation and impression, thought and perception; idea; impression. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. meditative. ̃ভঙ্গ n. interruption or break of meditation (esp. a spiritual one). ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed or engrossed in meditation. ̃রত, ̃স্হ a. engaged in meditation. 41)

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

(p. 531) dhapa dhapa expressing: brilliant whiteness or tidiness. ধপ ধপ করা v. to appear brilliantly white or tidy. ধপধপে a. brilliantly white (ধপধপে কাপড়); luminous (ধপধপে জোছনা); immaculately tidy (ধপধপে উঠোন); brilliant or dazzling (ধপধপে সাদা). 11)

(p. 532) dharākāṭa stringency; bindings. 12)

(p. 542) dhuti a loincloth for men, dhoti, dhooti. থানধুতি see থান ।

(p. 529) dhaka expressing: sudden blaze or glow (as of fire); sudden throb or jerk (বুকটা ধক করে উঠল). ধকধক int. expressing: state of blazing or glowing by flashes or repeatedly; throbbing or palpitation. ধকধক করা v. to glow or blaze by flashes or repeatedly; to dazzle (হিরেখানা ধকধক করছে); to palpitate or throb greatly. ̃ধকানি n. loud and great throbbing or palpitation. 3)

(p. 532) dharmiṣṭha profoundly pious or virtuous or righteous. fem. ধর্মিষ্ঠা । 35)

(p. 540) dhāri a narrow verandah or gallery of a mud-built house; a brim, a margin, an edge, a brink. 26)