(p. 540) dhāraṇā conception; realization or comprehension; feeling or impression; supposition, surmise; a notion; an idea; belief or faith; remembrance or memory; intelligence; rapt attention. ধারণা করা v. to conceive; to realize or comprehend; to feel, to have an impression (of); to suppose, to guess; to form or have an idea (of); to believe; to think. ̃তীত a. inconceivable; incomprehensible; (loos.) unthought of, unexpected. ̃শক্তি n. ability to conceive an idea, power of comprehension; intelligence; retentive capacity or power. 18)

(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. 543) dhunā2 to clean cotton by shredding it with a bow or a cotton-gin; (sl.) to give a sound drubbing. 7)

(p. 540) dhāraṇīẏa capable of being or fit to be held or caught or assumed or worn or put on or borne or carried or placed or retained in the mind or accepted or retained or restrained. 19)

(p. 540) dhāraka one who or that which holds or contains or bears or carries; one who assists and corrects a reader of scriptures at a ritual; one who makes another recite mantras, that is scriptural verses; (an) astringent. ̃তা n. capacity; astringency. ̃ত্ব n. capacity. 16)

(p. 545) dhbani sound; noise; report; note, tone; voice; (rhet.) a suggestion. ̃কাব্য n. (rhet.) poetry that suggests a meaning beyond the stated meaning. ধ্বনিত a. sounded; rung or played; voiced; in the process of being sounded or rung or played or voiced; (rhet.) suggested. ধ্বনিত করা v. to sound; to ring; to play; to voice. ̃তত্ত্ব n. phonetics; phonology. ̃পরিবর্তন n. change of sound, sound change. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. phonetics; phonology; the science of sound. ̃বৃত্তি n. (rhet.) onomatopoeia. ̃ভোট n. a vote of voice. ̃মাধুর্য n. sweetness of sound. ̃রেখা n. the mark of sound-wave; sound-line; line of vibration. 36)

(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) dhāra3 an edge, a border, a brim, a brink, a brow (পথের ধার, নদীর ধার, পাহাড়ের ধার); a side or face (এধারে, ওধারে); proximity, approach, contiguity, vicinity (বাড়ির ধারে, ধারেকাছে); sharpness, edge (ছুরির ধার); keenness (বুদ্ধির ধার); intelligence or wit; debt, loan (বাজারে অনেক ধার); credit (ধারে কেনা); concern, connection (ধার ধারা). ধার করা v. to borrow; to sharpen, to whet. ধার দেওয়া v. to lend; to sharpen, to whet. ধার ধারা v. to be indebted to, to have any concern with; to care for, to pay heed to. ধার হওয়া v. to be in debt. ধারে কেনা বা বেচা v. to buy or sell on credit. ধারে কেনা-বেচা buying and selling on credit. হয় ধারে কাটা নয় ভারে কাটা (fig.) to pass or be counted highly on account of merit or prestige and position or weight and importance. ধারে ডোবা v. to be deeply involved in debt, to be over head and ears in debt. 15)

(p. 545) dhōsā1 a kind of coarse woollen wrapper. 23)

(p. 532) dhasakā that which may easily come down, loose (ধসকা মাটি); hanging loosely; easily indisposed, unfit for hard work (ধসকা শরীর). ধসকানো v. to become so loose that it may come down (নদীর পাড় ধসকেছে); to become weak or enfeebled (শরীর ধসকানো). 52)

(p. 540) dhāraẏitā one who or that which holds or catches or assumes or wears or puts on or bears or carries or places or retains in one's memory or remembers or accepts or retains or restrains. ধারয়িত্রি a. fem. of ধারয়িতা । n. the earth (esp. when conceived as the progenitrix of all creatures). 20)

(p. 532) dhākkā a push, a shove; a driving force or action (বাতাসের ধাক্কা); an impact, a collision (ট্রেনে ট্রেনে ধাক্কা); pressure or attack (কাজের ধাক্কা, রোগের ধাক্কা); a shock (মনে ধাক্কা লাগা). ধাক্কা খাওয়া v. to be shocked; to be pushed or shoved; to get or receive a jolt; to be driven on; to collide or dash against; to be impeded or hindered usu. suddenly, to get a setback (তার ব্যাবসা ধাক্কা খেয়েছে). ধাক্কা দেওয়া v. to give a push, to push, to shove; to collide or dash against; to shock; to impede or hinder usu. suddenly, to check progress of. ধাক্কা লাগা v. to have a collision; to dash or collide against; to be shoved or pushed, to be shocked; to get a set-back. ̃ধাক্কি n. mutual or continuous pushing or shoving or elbowing. ধাক্কানো v. to push, to shove; to elbow. 65)

(p. 545) dhōn̐kā2 a kind of pie-curry prepared with pulped pigeon-pea. 15)

(p. 529) dhanādhikārī possessed of or possessing wealth. 17)

(p. 532) dharmāntara another religion, a different religion. ̃গ্রহণ n. adoption of or conversion to a different religion. ধর্মান্তর গ্রহণ করা v. to adopt a different religion, to be converted to a different religion. ধর্মান্তরিত a. converted to a different religion. fem. ধর্মান্তরিতা । ধর্মান্তরিত ব্যক্তি n. a religious convert. ধর্মান্তরীকরণ n. conversion to a different faith or religion, proselytism. 25)