(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) dhastādhasti a scuffle or tussle or fray; a hard effort or struggle (অনেক ধস্তাধস্তির পর মাইনে বাড়ল). ধস্তাধস্তি করা v. to scuffle; to try or struggle hard. 54)

(p. 543) dhunaci an incense burner, an incenser, a censer, a thurible. 4)

(p. 543) dhupachāẏā a mixture of blue and light violet, peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade colour; (loos.) chiaroscuro. a. peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade; (loos.) chiaroscuro. 15)

(p. 543) dhūrta sly; wily; knavish; deceitful. n. a trickster; a gamester; a knave; a cheat. ̃তা, ধূর্তামি n. slyness; wiliness; knavery; deception, deceit. 37)

(p. 531) dhamilla (of a human being) a bun; (of a bird etc.) a hairy crest.

(p. 532) dharmāndha fanatical, fanatic; bigoted. ধর্মান্ধ ব্যক্তি a fanatic; a bigot. ̃তা n. fanaticism; bigotry. 27)

(p. 540) dhāmanika arterial; nervous. 8)

(p. 532) dhāṅara a sweeper (by caste or trade). 66)

(p. 545) dhruba (myth.) a prince famous for his incomparable devotion to God Hari (হরি); the Pole Star, the Polaris, the North Star, the cynosure, a. sure, certain; fixed; firm, deep-seated (ধ্রুববিশ্বাস); constant; actual, real (ধ্রুব সত্য). adv. surely, certainly (সে ধ্রুব আসবে); for sure, for certain (ধ্রুব জোনো). ̃তা n. sureness, surety, certainty; fixity; firmness; constancy; actuality, reality. ̃তারা, ̃নক্ষত্র n. the Pole Star, the North Star, the Polaris, the cynosure; the constant or firm goal or guide (জীবনের ধ্রুবতারা). ̃পদ n. a style of Indian classical song, dhrupad (ধ্রুপদ); a constant note ('যে ধ্রুবপদ দিয়েছ বাঁধি বিশ্বতানে'). ̃বিশ্বাস firm faith or belief or conviction. ̃রেখা n. (geog.) the equator, the equinoctial line. ̃লোক n. (myth.) a separate heaven created for Dhruba (ধ্রুব) to live in after his ascension to heaven; Paradise. ̃সত্য n. an absolute truth, a confirmed truth. a. absolutely true. 45)

(p. 532) dharmātmā profoundly virtuous or pious, godly. 18)

(p. 545) dhbaṃsābaśēṣa ruins; remains; wreckage; relics. 28)

(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) dhundula a kitchen-vegetable cylindrical and tapering at both ends. 11)

(p. 540) dhābana act of running; a run; a race; flight; act of cleansing or washing. ̃পথ n. air-strip. 4)