(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) dharmōpāsaka devoted to or following a religion. n. a devotee (of a religion). 43)

(p. 532) dharmābalambana practising a religion; adoption of a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বন করা v. to practise or follow a religion or creed; to adopt a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বী a. following or practising a religion. fem. ধর্মাবলম্বিনী । 29)

(p. 543) dhuna a light classical musical note usually played on an instrument. 3)

(p. 540) dhāmasānō to trample; to knead with hands and feet. a. trampled; kneaded with hands and feet. 10)

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

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

(p. 545) dhōẏā to wash; to cleanse or scrub or scour with water; to wash and bleach; (of rivers) to inundate. a. washed; cleansed or scrubbed or scoured with water; washed and bleached. ধোয়ানি n. water or other liquids with which something has been washed; alluvial deposit; dregs. ধোয়ানো v. to cause to wash; to cause to cleanse or scrub or scour with water; to cause to wash and bleach. ধোয়া-পাকলা n. act of washing and scrubbing or scouring. 21)

(p. 532) dharmōpadēśa religious instruction; a sermon. ধর্মোপদেশ দেওয়া v. to impart religious instruction; to sermonize. 41)

(p. 542) dhīrōddhata (rhet.) a type of hero who is resourceful and usually gentle-natured but at times arrogant and vain. 12)

(p. 540) dhāriṇī of ধারী2 । n. fem. the earth. 27)

(p. 540) dhāmasāni thrashing; kneading with hands and feet. 9)

(p. 543) dhurandhara bearing the yoke; very expert or efficient or adroit; leading, chief. n. such a person. 21)

(p. 543) dhupa1 sunlight, the sun. 13)

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