(p. 517) dēśācāra customs and practices peculiar to a country. 23)

(p. 522) drāba act of melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবক a. solvent; corrosive. n. a solvent; an acid (গন্ধক দ্রাবক = nitric acid, যবক্ষার দ্রাবক = sulphuric acid). দ্রাবণ n. melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবিত a. melted, liquefied, dissolved or solved. 108)

(p. 480) daṃśita bitten; stung. 11)

(p. 500) duḥkha sorrow; affliction; grief; distress, suffering, misery (দুঃখে পড়া); pain, inflammation; regret (দুঃখ প্রকাশ করা). দুঃখ করা v. to regret; to rue, to grieve; to suffer pain, to take trouble; to be in distress, to undergo misery. দুঃখ দেওয়া v. to cause sorrow or regret, to grieve; to afflict; to distress; to pain; to give trouble. দুঃখ পাওয়া বা ভোগ করা v. to be stricken with sorrow or grief or misery (জীবনে অনেক দুঃখ পেয়েছে); to be afflicted or distressed or pained; to be in trouble, to suffer. দুঃখে পড়া v. to run into distress or trouble. দুঃখের কাহিনি a woeful or pathetic tale. দুঃখের বিষয় a matter of regret; a pity; a painful affair. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দ, ̃দায়ক, ̃দায়ী, ̃প্রদ a. painful; troublesome; woeful, distressing, agonizing; sorrowful. fem. দুঃখদায়িনী । ̃দারিদ্র n. distress and poverty, want and suffering or misery. ̃প্রদ same as দুঃখকর । ̃বাদ n. (phil.) pessimism. ̃বাদী a. pessimistic. n. a pessimist. ̃ভাগী a. sharing the sorrow of another. fem. দুঃখভাগিনী । ̃ভোগ n. act of suffering pain or undergoing distress. ̃ময় a. full of or abounding in sorrow or suffering. ̃মোচন n. act of relieving pain or distress; allaying or alleviation or mitigation of sorrow. ̃সহিষ্ণু a. one who patiently endures sorrow or suffering. ̃সাগর n. an ocean of sorrow, a sea of distress; endless sorrow or suffering. ̃হর, ̃হারী a. one who or that which relieves pain or sorrow or suffering. fem. দুঃখহরা, দুঃখহারিণী । 52)

(p. 517) dōẏā2 (Mus.) blessing, grace. 78)

(p. 492) dādupanhī a religious sect obeying the liberal doctrine of Dadu. 37)

(p. 485) dāōẏāta an invitation; a feast. দাওয়াত দেওয়া v. to invite. 106)

(p. 500) dīpānbitā the day of the new moon in the month of Kartik (কার্তিক) when Goddess Kali (কালী) is worshipped and the dwelling-houses of Hindus are illuminated with rows of lighted lamps. a. fem. furnished with a (lighted) lamp, lamped; illuminated, radiating. a. masc. দীপান্বিত । 32)

(p. 505) dugdha milk; juice; latex (উদ্ভিজ্জ দুগ্ধ). ̃জ, ̃জাত a. produced from milk. দুগ্ধাজাত দ্রব্য a milk-product. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড n. a milk-pail; a milk-trough. ̃পোষ্য a. living on one's mother's milk, suckling; (rare and often hum.) living on milk (esp. on cow's milk). দুগ্ধপোষ্য শিশু a child at the breast, a suckling. ̃ফেননিভ a. as white and soft as the froth of milk, (cp.) milk-white. ̃বতী a. giving milk; milch. দুগ্ধবতী গাভি a milch cow. ̃বত্ a. milk-like, milky. ̃বিক্রেতা n. a milk-man, a milk-seller. ̃শর্করা n. lactose. 2)

(p. 495) dāẏabhāga an ancient code or book of laws on inheritance and patrimony written by Jimutabahana. 32)

(p. 508) dulāla a darling, a dear, a minion; a darling child who is brought up with much affection and often spoilt by over-indulgence. fem. দুলালি । 51)

(p. 497) dāsēẏa born of a slave-girl (usu. by her master). n. a son of a slave-girl and (usu.) her master. 10)

(p. 522) dbyartha two meanings, double meanings, ambiguity; equivocation. a. having two or double meanings; ambiguous; equivocal. দ্ব্যর্থক a. having two or double meanings; ambiguous; equivocal. দ্ব্যর্থক কথা a quibble or equivocation. দ্ব্যর্থক শব্দ a double entendre. দ্ব্যর্থকতা, দ্ব্যর্থতা n. ambiguity, equivocalness. দ্ব্যর্থহীন a. unequivocal, unambiguous. 84)

(p. 481) daṇḍāghāta hitting or striking with a stick, beating up or belabouring with a rod. 25)

(p. 522) dbaidhībhāba hesitation, vacillation; doubledealing, duplicity. 69)