(p. 506) durāgraha desire for or interest in evil or difficult things; a wicked or difficult venture. a. desirous of or interested in evil or difficult things; indulging in or engaged in a wicked or difficult venture. 19)

(p. 485) dā1 a heavy knife or chopper with a haft. দা-কাটা a. (chiefly of tobacco) chopped fine or minced with the aforesaid knife. দা-কুমড়ো সম্পর্ক relationship as between a chopper and a pumpkin; (fig.) deadly or inveterate enmity; implacable antagonism. 100)

(p. 508) dṛḍh়ībhabana act of becoming strong or stronger or firm or more firm; act of being tightened or tautened; act of being confirmed, confirmation; act of being firmly established; act of being congealed, congelation. 97)

(p. 517) dēbēśa the god of gods; an appellation of Shiva (শিব). 5)

(p. 481) dakhinā southern, south. 10)

(p. 508) durmūlya very costly or dear, highly expensive. দুর্মূল্য ভাতা dearness allowance. ̃তা n. excessive costliness or dearness. 39)

(p. 492) dāna2 act of giving; act of giving away; bestowal; award; charitable giving or distribution (অন্নদান); act of giving in marriage (কন্যাদান); offering, sacrifice, dedication (পরার্থে জীবনদান); contribution; a gift or a charitable gift (মহামূল্য দান); an offering, a sacrifice; a donation; a throw or cast (at dice. etc.); a turn (for doing something). দান করা v. to give; to give away; to give or distribute in charity; to donate, to contribute; to bestow; to confer; to award; to give in marriage; to offer, to sacrifice; to dedicate. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. practice of charity; act or instance of charity. ̃কাতর, ̃কুন্ঠ a. slow or unwilling to give, not charitable; miserly, parsimonious, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly. ̃খয়রাত n. bounty, charity; charitable deeds; act or practice of charity. ̃ধর্ম n. the virtue of charity. ̃ধ্যান n. charity and religious meditation. ̃পত্র n. a deed of gift. ̃বীর a. & n. one who is extremely (lit. heroically) bountiful. ˜যোগ্য a. worthy of being given. ̃শীল a. bountiful, munificent, charitable, generous. ̃শীলতা n. bounty, munificence, charity; generosity. ̃শৌন্ড same as দানবীর । ̃সজ্জা n. (in a wedding) display of gifts given to the bride and the bridegroom. ̃সত্র n. an almshouse; a charitable institution. ̃সাগর n. sixteen sets of gifts given in a sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony. ̃সামগ্রী n. an article of gift (esp. one given to the bride or bridegroom at a wedding). যেমন দান তেমনি দক্ষিণা (fig.) a niggardly master will have a lazy servant. 40)

(p. 485) damana subdual, quelling (শত্রুদমন); restraint, repression (ইন্দ্রিয়দমন); suppression, coercion (বিদ্রোহদমন); removal or abatement, check, subsidence (রোগদমন). দমন করা v. to subdue, to quell; to restrain, to repress; to suppress, to coerce; to remove or abate, to check. ̃নীতি n. the policy of coercion or repression. দমনীয়, দম্য a. subduable; restrainable, repressible; suppressible; coercible; removable or abatable, mitigable. ̃শীল a. oppressive, coercing. 4)

(p. 522) dbāra a door; a gate; an entrance, a doorway; a gateway; a portico. ̃দেশ, ̃প্রান্ত n. the proximity of a gate or door; doorway, doorstep, gateway, portal; entrance. ̃দেশে, ̃প্রান্তে adv. at the door or gate or portal. ̃পাল, ̃পালক, ̃বান, ̃রক্ষক, ̃রক্ষী n. a doorkeeper, a gateman, a janitor (fem. : a janitress), a porter (fem. : a porteress, a portress). দ্বার রোধ করা v. to obstruct the door, to block up the door to make it impossible to pass. ̃স্হ a. standing or lying or situated at the gate; (humbly) waiting or begging at another's gate; to supplicate; seeking help from another (অসুবিধেয় পড়ে আপনার দ্বারস্হ হয়েছি). দ্বারে দ্বারে from door to door. 46)

(p. 500) duḥshita distressed, afflicted, woebegone; (phys.) instability; unstable equilibrium. 66)

(p. 500) dīrghāẏu long-lived. 46)

(p. 495) dābanā the fleshy part of the thigh; ham (of a beast). 11)

(p. 522) drauṇi a son of Drona (দ্রোণ) the master archer of the Mahabharata. 116)

(p. 485) darāja spacious, roomy (দরাজ জায়গা); generous, liberal (দরাজ হাত, দরাজ দিল, দরাজ লোক); unrestrained or unsubdued (দরাজ গলা, দরাজ মুখ). দরাজ গলা loud or full-throated voice. দরাজ মুখ outspoken utterance; outspokenness. 40)

(p. 485) dalā2 to press or knead; (loos.) to trample under foot, to tread over, to chastise, to repress, to subdue, to coerce, to quell. পায়ে দলা v. to trample under foot, to tread over. 65)