(p. 532) ̃dhātrī a progenitrix, a progenitress, a mother; a nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a foster-mother; a midwife; a nurse; the Earth (esp. as conceived as mother of all created beings). a. fem. one who carries in the womb; one who bears. ̃পুত্র n. a son of a nurse-mother or wetnurse. ̃বিদ্যা n. midwifery. ধাত্রীবিদ্যা বিশারদ n. a midwife, a gynaecologist and obstetrician. 73)

(p. 545) dhṛṣṭa arrogant, haughty, insolent; impertinent, audacious, saucy, pert, (coll.) cheeky; talkative; garrulous; impudent. shameless; lascivious, lewd. fem. ধৃষ্টা । ̃তা n. arrogance, insolence, impertinence, audacity, sauciness, pertness; (coll.) cheek, talkativeness, garrulity; impudence, shamelessness; lasciviousness; lewdness. 2)

(p. 545) dhriẏamāṇa that which is being put on or worn or assumed or held or touched or caught. 43)

(p. 532) dharatāi that which is generally known to be true, that which is taken for granted; fixed, ascertained. 5)

(p. 542) dhun̐kani a spell of panting for breath; palpitation, throbbing. 13)

(p. 532) dhān̐ca, dhān̐cā shape, form, cut; type, manner, pattern; semblance of shape. 63)

(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) 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)

(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. 540) dhārā2 a stream, a flow (রক্তধারা, আলোকধারা); a current (স্রোতোধারা); a shower (বৃষ্টিধারা); a stream or shower of any liquid (জলধারা, নয়নধারা); a spring, a fountain, a waterfall, a cascade (সহস্রধারা); a system, a method, a way (কাজের ধারা); a rule or go (জগতের বা দুনিয়ার ধারা); succession, serial, order, train (চিন্তাধারা); fashion, manner (অমনধারা); (law) a clause or section (আইনের ধারা). বর্তমানের ধারা order of the day, prevailing state of things. ̃কদম্ব n. a kind of tree yielding beautiful flowers of globular shape. ̃কারে adv. in or like a stream, streamingly; profusely in numerous streams. ̃ক্রমে adv. according to system or method, systematically or methodically; according to rule; successively, serially. ̃গৃহ n. a bathroom fitted with a shower-bath. ̃ঙ্কুর n. a drop of water or rain; hail. ̃ধর n. the cloud. ̃নি n. a stream of water from above (as from a shower bath). ̃বর্ণনা n. running commentary of an event or a game. ̃বর্ষ, ̃বর্ষণ n. heavy and incessant rain or downpour. ̃বাহিক, ̃বাহী a. continuous; serial; successive. ̃বাহিকতা, ̃বাহিতা n. continuity; seriality; succession. ̃বাহিকক্রমে, ̃বাহিকভাবে adv. continuously; serially; successively. ̃বিবরণী, ̃ভাষ্য same as ধারাবর্ণনা । ̃মতো, ̃মতে adv. (law) according to a particular section or clause of an act. ̃যন্ত্র n. a fountain; a syringe; a spraying apparatus; a shower-bath, a shower. ̃শ্রাবণ n. the month of Shravan (July-August) when there are heavy showers or when it rains heavily. ̃সম্পাত, ̃সার n. heavy and incessant rain; torrential rain or downpour. 23)

(p. 540) dhārōṣṇa (of milk esp. of bovine animals) lukewarm because of being drawn from the udder. 29)

(p. 529) dhanārjana earning of money; acquisition of wealth. 21)

(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) dhartabya worthy of being taken into consideration, countable. 16)

(p. 529) dhaṭi, dhaṭikā, dhaṭī loincloth; a piece of scanty loincloth (as worn by an ascetic or a wrestler); a piece of old or wornout cloth, a rag. 5)