(p. 543) dhṛti act of holding, catching, wearing, assuming, bearing or containing; conception; impression; a notion; an idea; patience; self-possession; complacence; satisfaction, content; perseverance, persistence. ̃বিন্দু n. a point of support. ̃মান a. patient; self-possessed; complacent; content; persevering. ̃হোম n. a sacramental sacrifice done at a wedding.

(p. 545) dhyānī (also n.) one who is engaged in meditation; one who is capable of meditation. 42)

(p. 543) dhunana act of shaking; a shake; act of sounding or playing (as a stringed musical instrument); act of cleaning cotton by shredding it with a bow or cotton-gin, ginning and carding (cotton, wool etc.). 5)

(p. 545) dhrubāṅka (alg.) a constant quantity, a constant.

(p. 532) dhāni green as unripe paddy, paddygreen (ধানি রং); very small, puny (ধানি লঙ্কা); containing or yielding paddy (ধানি জমি). ধানি মদ wine of inferior quality distilled from rice. 78)

(p. 542) dhībara a fisherman (by trade or caste), a fisher. fem. ধীবরী n. a fisher-woman; a fishwife, a fish-woman. 8)

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

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

(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. 532) dharapākaḍ় extensive or collective arrests (as by the police); insistent solicitation (চাকরির জন্য ধরপাকড়) ধরপাকড় করা v. to arrest extensively or collectively, to round up; to solicit insistently. 9)

(p. 532) dharmōpadēśaka, dharmōpadēṣṭā imparting religious instruction; sermonizing. n. a religious instructor; a semonizer. 42)

(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. 545) dhōlāi act of washing; act of washing and bleaching; (fig.) sound beating (ধোলাই দেওয়া). a. washed; washed and bleached. 22)

(p. 532) dharatā (comm.) an extra amount given by the seller to the buyer to guard against any possible shortage during weighing; a word or words sung by the leading singer used as a cue for an associate singer or singers of a chorus song. 4)

(p. 532) dhāpadhāḍ়ā gōbindapura (facet. or dero.) an obscure, contemptible and remote place, an out-of-the-way place. 86)