দান২ : (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. 508) durbhara hard to bear or carry; very heavy; hard to sustain or endure. 29)

(p. 485) dara1 hole, a pit; a crevice (of a mountain); fear, dread, terror; a quake, a shake; a stream; an exudation. adv. a little, slightly. 18)

(p. 522) dbitīẏa second; another. দ্বিতীয়া a. fem. second; another; (of the days of a lunar fortnight) second. n. a second day of a lunar fortnight. দ্বিতীয়ত adv. secondly, in the second place. দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধ n. the Second World War. দ্বিতীয়াশ্রম n. the domestic or married life which is the second of the four stages of human life according to Hindu scriptures. 56)

(p. 495) dāmbhika vainglorious, braggart, conceited; proud; arrogant, haughty. দাম্ভিকতা n. vaingloriousness, braggartism, conceit; arrogance, haughtiness. 26)

(p. 508) dūrāntara remote or distant place. 81)

(p. 507) durgasha staying within a fort. 16)

(p. 481) daṇḍī armed with or bearing a staff; sceptred. n. a king; an ascetic; Yama (যম) the god of death and punisher of sinners. 31)

(p. 500) dīpita lighted; lamped; illuminated; enkindled; exhibited, displayed, revealed, brought to light; excited, roused. fem. দীপিতা । 36)

(p. 500) dīna2 extremely poor or needy, indigent; afflicted, distressed; humble; wretched, miserable. ̃চিত্ত a. having a mind stricken with melancholia or sorrow or with a sense of humiliation; humble in attitude. ̃চিত্তে adv. with a melancholy or sorrowful or humiliated mind; humbly. ̃তা n. extreme poverty or need; indigence; affliction, distress; humbleness; wretchedness. ̃দয়াময় a. kind to the poor. ̃দরিদ্র a. extremely humble and poor, downtrodden. ̃দুঃখী a. indigent and distressed. ̃নাথ n. a refuge or helper or supporter of the poor; God. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend of the poor, God. ̃ভাবাপন্ন a. humble, modest; affecting humility or poverty. ̃শরণ n. a refuge of the poor; God. ̃হীন a. poor and lowly. 24)

(p. 517) dainya utter poverty or need, indigence; affliction, distress; humbleness; wretchedness, misery; penury. ̃দশা, দৈন্যাবস্হা n. utter poverty, indigent condition; afflicted or distressed or humble or wretched or miserable state. ̃দশাগ্রস্ত, ̃দশাপন্ন, ̃পীড়িত a. poverty-stricken, indigent; afflicted, distressed; wretched, miserable; penurious. 48)

(p. 522) draupadēẏa five sons of Draupadi (দ্রৌপদী) by five Pandavas (they were প্রতিবিন্ধ্য, শ্রুতিসোম, শ্রুতিকর্মা, শতানীক and শ্রুতসেন).

(p. 481) dakṣiṇāpatha the Deccan. 5)

(p. 522) dyuti radiation, glow, effulgence; lustre, shine; brightness; splendour; splendid beauty; a ray. ̃মান a. radiating, radiant, glowing, effulgent; lustrous, shining; bright; resplendent; splendidly beautiful. fem. ̃মতী । 90)

(p. 522) drōṇi, drōṇī a small (and usu. improvised) boat; a dugout, a raft; a vessel for baling out water, a bail, a bale; a pitcher; a bucket; a trough; a valley (esp. a narrow one); a gorge. 114)

(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)