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

(p. 529) dhanāpaharaṇa act of stealing money; misappropriation of money; defalcation, embezzlement; act of depriving one of one's money. ধনাপহরণ করা v. to steal or rob money; to misappropriate money, to defalcate; to embezzle; to deprive one of one's money. ধনাপহারী a. one who robs or steals or misappropriates money. 20)

(p. 532) dharmōnnati advancement of religion. 38)

(p. 532) dhāuḍ় a swindler, a crook, a cheat. 58)

(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. 540) dhārya (ori. but obs.) worth holding or bearing or putting on; (pop.) fixed, settled; (of taxes etc.) imposed. কর ধার্য করা to impose a tax. দিন ধার্য করা to fix a date. ̃মাণ a. that which is being fixed or settled or imposed. 32)

(p. 532) dharṣita oppressed; forced; ravished, outraged; raped; subdued; defeated. fem. ধর্ষিতা । 48)

(p. 542) dhukadhuki a locket or pendent worn on the bosom in a necklace. 16)

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

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

(p. 543) dhuni1 a (sacrificial) fire enkindled by ascetics. 9)

(p. 531) dhanbantari (Hindu myth.) the name of the physician of heaven; (fig.) an unfailing physician. 8)

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

(p. 532) dhānī (used chiefly as a sfx.) a place or residence or seat (রাজধানী) । 79)

(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)