(p. 532) dharmōpadēśa religious instruction; a sermon. ধর্মোপদেশ দেওয়া v. to impart religious instruction; to sermonize. 41)

(p. 545) dhyānī (also n.) one who is engaged in meditation; one who is capable of meditation. 42)

(p. 531) dhamilla (of a human being) a bun; (of a bird etc.) a hairy crest.

(p. 532) dharāṭa (comm.) discount. 13)

(p. 542) dhīra slow, tardy (ধীর গতি); unperturbed, calm, composed (ধীর মন); gentle or modest or mild (ধীরস্বভাব, ধীর বায়ু); grave (ধীরকন্ঠ); firm, steady (ধীর চিত্ত); judicious or considerate (ধীর ব্যক্তি). ̃তা n. slowness; unperturbedness, calmness, composure; gentleness, modesty, mildness; graveness, gravity; firmness, steadiness; judiciousness, considerateness. ̃প্রকৃতি a. gentle or modest by nature. ̃প্রশান্ত n. (rhet.) a type of hero endowed with various good qualities. ̃ভাবে adv. slowly; mildly; gently; calmly. ̃ললিত n. (rhet.) a type of hero who is gentle by nature and of calm disposition and proficient in music and dance. ̃স্বভাব same as ধীরপ্রকৃতি । ̃স্হির a. calm and composed. 9)

(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. 529) dhanādhipa, dhanādhipati the lord of wealth; Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon. 18)

(p. 532) dhāna paddy, rice (আমন ধান); measure of weight (= nearly 1 grain). আউস ধান autumn rice. আমন ধান winter rice. বীজ ধান n. paddy-seed. ধান কাটা v. to reap or harvest paddy-crop. ধান কাঁড়া same as ধান ভানা । ধান কাড়ানো v. to plough a paddy-field in order to remove weeds. ধান ঝাড়া v. to thresh paddy. ধান দিয়ে লেখাপড়া শেখা (fig.) to spend little for one's education; (fig.) to receive indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots in well-arranged lines; to stir paddy when it is husked by a husking pedal. ধান বোনা v. to sow paddy-seeds. ধানভাঙা, ধানভানা v. to husk paddy. ধানভাঙা কল a husking machine. ধান ভানতে শিবের গীত (fig.) an irrelevant talk or digression (often a ludicrous one). ধান মাড়ানো v. to thresh or separate paddy (from straw by making cows walk upon it). ধান রোয়া v. to transplant paddy-shoots. কত ধানে কত চাল (fig.) actual state or correct information, knowledge of what comes out of what; (fig.) consequence. পাকা ধানে মই দেওয়া (fig.) to do (one) irreparable harm; (fig.) to blast one's hopes when they are about to be realized. ̃খেত same as ধানজমি । ̃গাছ n. a paddy-plant. ধানগাছের তক্তা (fig.) a plank of grass, an impossible thing. ̃চারা n. a paddy-shoot. ̃জমি n. a paddy-field, a paddy-land. ̃দুর্বা n. paddy-grains and grass (used as auspicious articles in blessing). 75)

(p. 540) dhārtarāṣṭra a son of King Dhritarashtra of the Mahabharata. 30)

(p. 532) dhātrīẏa a nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a foster-mother, a midwife; a nurse. 74)

(p. 532) dhāi, dhāi-mā nurse; nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a midwife; a foster-mother. 57)

(p. 543) dhūmākāra shaped like or looking like smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc. 29)

(p. 540) dhābana act of running; a run; a race; flight; act of cleansing or washing. ̃পথ n. air-strip. 4)

(p. 532) dhānaśrī, dhānaśi an Indian musical mode. 76)

(p. 543) dhuma overmuchness, abundance, excess, wantonness, redundance, surfeit (গঙ্গাস্নানের ধুম, বিলাসিতার ধুম, বক্তৃতার ধুম); éclat, pomp (এবার পুজোয় বড় ধুম). a. terrible, hard, thick (ধুম মারামারি). 16)