(p. 545) dhruba (myth.) a prince famous for his incomparable devotion to God Hari (হরি); the Pole Star, the Polaris, the North Star, the cynosure, a. sure, certain; fixed; firm, deep-seated (ধ্রুববিশ্বাস); constant; actual, real (ধ্রুব সত্য). adv. surely, certainly (সে ধ্রুব আসবে); for sure, for certain (ধ্রুব জোনো). ̃তা n. sureness, surety, certainty; fixity; firmness; constancy; actuality, reality. ̃তারা, ̃নক্ষত্র n. the Pole Star, the North Star, the Polaris, the cynosure; the constant or firm goal or guide (জীবনের ধ্রুবতারা). ̃পদ n. a style of Indian classical song, dhrupad (ধ্রুপদ); a constant note ('যে ধ্রুবপদ দিয়েছ বাঁধি বিশ্বতানে'). ̃বিশ্বাস firm faith or belief or conviction. ̃রেখা n. (geog.) the equator, the equinoctial line. ̃লোক n. (myth.) a separate heaven created for Dhruba (ধ্রুব) to live in after his ascension to heaven; Paradise. ̃সত্য n. an absolute truth, a confirmed truth. a. absolutely true. 45)

(p. 529) dhanāgāra a treasury; a (public) fund. 14)

(p. 545) dhēḍ়ānō to soil clothes by failing to retain motion of stool or urine; (fig.) to make a mess of; to bungle. 5)

(p. 529) dhaṭi, dhaṭikā, dhaṭī loincloth; a piece of scanty loincloth (as worn by an ascetic or a wrestler); a piece of old or wornout cloth, a rag. 5)

(p. 545) dhyāta meditated upon; recollected; remembered. ধ্যাতব্য a. deserving or fit to be meditated upon or recollected or remembered. ধ্যাতা a. & n. one who meditates or recollects or remembers. 40)

(p. 543) dhṛta held; caught; arrested; taken; contained (in); assumed; worn; (rare) quoted. ̃ব্রত a. one who has (firmly) taken a vow; determined, resolved. ধৃত হওয়া v. to be caught; to be arrested; to be apprehended. 39)

(p. 540) dhāmasānō to trample; to knead with hands and feet. a. trampled; kneaded with hands and feet. 10)

(p. 532) dhalā (usu. dial.) white, fair, fair-complexioned. 49)

(p. 529) dh the nineteenth letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 529) dhaḍ়maḍ় expressing: sudden bustle or flutter or hurry. 8)

(p. 529) dhaḍ়ibāja guileful, deceitful, tricksy, cunning, full of ruses. ধড়বাজি n. guilefulness, deceitfulness, tricksiness, cunning; guile, deceit, trick, cunning. ধড়িবাজ লোক a trickster, a cunning or deceitful or wily fellow. 11)

(p. 531) dhanēśa the lord or god of wealth; an appellation of Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon; a beautiful long-billed bird, the hornbill. a. very rich or wealthy, affluent, opulent. 4)

(p. 529) dhanicā a jute-like fibrous plant. 26)

(p. 540) dhārā1 to owe (টাকা ধারা); to have any connection or concern with (কারও বা কিছুর ধার ধারা). 22)

(p. 532) dhāpadhāḍ়ā gōbindapura (facet. or dero.) an obscure, contemptible and remote place, an out-of-the-way place. 86)