(p. 497) diggaja (myth.) any one of the eight celestial elephants guarding the quarters of the globe; (chiefly iron.) a very erudite or prominent or capable man; a portentous idiot. a. (chiefly iron.) very erudite or vastly learned or prominent or capable (দিগ্গজ পন্ডিত, দিগ্গজ উকিল, দিগ্গজ ছেলে). 18)

(p. 500) dīpta burning; shining; lighted; illuminated; radiant, luminous; blazing; bright; lustrous; revealed, brought to light, exhibited; dazzling, glaring (দীপ্ত তেজ). ̃কীর্তি a. one whose fame has spread far and wide, widely famous or renowned. দীপ্ত হুতাশন blazing fire. 37)

(p. 522) daurmanasya worry, anxiety, concern; grief; dejection, depression; melancholia. 36)

(p. 508) dula an ear-drop or earring. 47)

(p. 500) dināndha unable to see during daytime or in daylight, day-blind. n. an owl. 3)

(p. 499) ditsā desire for giving or contributing (esp. in charity). দিত্সু a. desirous of giving or contributing. 10)

(p. 495) dāraka a son. a. cleaving, splitting. 42)

(p. 517) dēhōpajībinī a women who earns by engaging herself in sexual activity, a prostitute, a whore. 44)

(p. 481) dakṣiṇācāra a system of Tantric (তান্ত্রিক) rituals. দক্ষিণাচারী a. & n. one who follows this system. 2)

(p. 485) daladala expressing: excessive softness. দলদলে a. excessively soft, oversoft. 62)

(p. 485) darpa vanity, conceit, pride; boast, vaunt, arrogance, haughtiness; daring, challenge. দর্প করা v. to be proud of, to take pride in; to boast, to vaunt; to dare, to challenge. দর্প চূর্ণ করা, দর্প ভাঙা v. to humble one's pride. ̃নাশ n. ruin or destruction of pride; conquest or quelling of pride or vanity. ̃হর, ̃হারী a. one who or (rarely) that which humbles one's pride or vanity. দর্পিত, দর্পী a. vain, conceited, proud; boastful; bumptious, arrogant, haughty; daring. দর্পোক্তি n. proud or arrogant or overbearing or stiff-necked utterance. 51)

(p. 485) dān̐ḍ়āśa a species of large non-venomous snake.

(p. 492) dānaba (myth.) any one of the giants hostile to gods, (cp.) a Titan; a demon; a monster; an evil spirit, a devil. fem. দানবী a giantess, a demoness. ̃দলনী n. fem. a vanquisher of demons: an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). দানবারি n. (lit.) an enemy of demons; a god; an appellation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). দানবিক, দানবীয় a. demoniac(al); devilish, diabolical, gigantic. 41)

(p. 508) duṣpāṭhya hard to read. 69)

(p. 508) dēḍ় one and a half (of). ̃গুণ a. one and a half times (of). 122)