(p. 532) dhān̐dhā dazzlement of sight; optical illusion; confusion, bewilderment, daze; an intricate problem; a riddle, a puzzle; a maze; a tricky but interesting question or problem, a poser. v. (usu. in poet.) to dazzle the sight of, to have one's sight dazzled, to daze. ধাঁধাঁর উত্তর the solution of a puzzle. ধাঁধাঁ দেওয়া v. to give a puzzle for solution; to hoodwink; to confound; to bamboozle. ধাঁধা লাগা v. to have one's sight dazzled; to be dazed; to be confused or puzzled. ধাঁধা লাগানো v. to daze the sight of; to daze; to confound; to bewilder, to puzzle; to hoodwink; to dazzle. ধাঁধানো same as ধাঁধা লাগানো 64)

(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. 543) dhunā1 resin; incense. 6)

(p. 540) dhāri a narrow verandah or gallery of a mud-built house; a brim, a margin, an edge, a brink. 26)

(p. 532) dhānāipānāi irrelevant talk or excuse. 77)

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

(p. 540) dhāraẏiṣṇu one who or that which holds or bears or carries or wears. 21)

(p. 542) dhuta caused to tremble or quiver, shaken; sounded or played (as a stringed musical instrument); expelled; removed, driven away, scolded, reprimanded. 19)

(p. 532) dharana manner, method, way (কাজের ধরন); condition, state, (রোগীর ধরন); working, behaviour (মুখের ধরন); appearance, look, cut (পোশাকের ধরন); the style, fashion (লোকটার ধরন সন্দেহজনক); bearing, deportment (লোকটার ধরন সন্দেহজনক) n. pl. or collec. form of ধরন । 7)

(p. 543) dhṛtāstra armed, in arms. 41)

(p. 540) -dhāra1 (used as a sfx.) holding or gripping (কর্ণধার). 13)

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

(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. 542) dhīrōdātta (rhet.) a type of hero who is calm and modest and is unmoved by reverses of fortune and who protects others. 11)

(p. 545) dhbaṃsita destroyed; annihilated; perished; wrecked, ruined; killed; impaired; wasted, squandered; undeservingly consumed; demolished, fallen, devastated. 29)