(p. 545) dhyāna meditation; absorbing religious meditation; recollection; remembrance. ধ্যান করা v. to meditate (upon); to be absorbed in religious meditation; to recollect; to remember. ̃গম্ভীর a. grave and silent on account of absorption in meditation; consecrated or sanctified with holy meditation; solemnly absorbed in (spiritual) meditation ('ধ্যানগম্ভীর ঐ যে ভূধর'). ̃গম্য, ̃গোচর a. comprehensible or cognizable or attainable (only) through (deep) meditation. ̃জ্ঞান n. meditation and cognition, thought and feeling; (loos.) sole occupation or absorption. ̃তত্পর a. given to meditation; capable of being absorbed in meditation. ̃ধারণা n. meditation and impression, thought and perception; idea; impression. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. meditative. ̃ভঙ্গ n. interruption or break of meditation (esp. a spiritual one). ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed or engrossed in meditation. ̃রত, ̃স্হ a. engaged in meditation. 41)

(p. 545) dhōm̐ẏāpatha chimney. 18)

(p. 529) dhanādhikārī possessed of or possessing wealth. 17)

(p. 545) dhōkaḍ় rag; coarse cloth; a sack. কথার ধোকড় a chatter-box. মাকড় মারলে ধোকড় হয় (lit.) a spider when killed becomes a piece of rag; (fig.) what is a mortal sin for others is a venial offence for one's own self. 19)

(p. 532) dhātaba of or made of or caused by metal, metallic; mineral; (rare) concerning semen. ধাতব দ্যুতি metallic lustre. ধাতব প্রস্রবণ a mineral spring. ধাতব ব্যাধি a. disease or disorder of semen, spermatorrhoea; (loos.) gonorrhoea. 69)

(p. 545) dhōn̐kā1 to pant or gasp for breath; to palpitate, to throb. 14)

(p. 532) dhasā to come off and fall down (নদীর পাড় ধসা); to collapse (বাড়ির পাঁচিল ধসা); to weaken or deteriorate (রোগে শরীর ধসা). a. that which has come off and fallen down; collapsed; weakened or deteriorated. ধসানো v. to cause to come off and fall down; to loosen and throw down; to cause to collapse; to make weak or to impair. 53)

(p. 540) dhāra2 a stream or flow (অশ্রুধার). 14)

(p. 543) dhūmāẏita, dhūmita full of or emitting smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.; fumigated. 32)

(p. 542) dhuti a loincloth for men, dhoti, dhooti. থানধুতি see থান ।

(p. 543) dhūmra same as ধূমল (see ধূম). n. (inc.) smoke, fume, vapour, gas. ̃বর্ণ a. smoke-coloured, dark purple. ̃লোচন a. having dark purple eye. 35)

(p. 545) dhōbikhānā the washerman's house, the laundry. 20)

(p. 532) dhānuki, dhānuṣka a bowman, an archer; a soldier fighting with bow and arrow. a. versed in archery; armed with bow and arrow. 80)

(p. 543) dhṛti act of holding, catching, wearing, assuming, bearing or containing; conception; impression; a notion; an idea; patience; self-possession; complacence; satisfaction, content; perseverance, persistence. ̃বিন্দু n. a point of support. ̃মান a. patient; self-possessed; complacent; content; persevering. ̃হোম n. a sacramental sacrifice done at a wedding.

(p. 540) dhāra3 an edge, a border, a brim, a brink, a brow (পথের ধার, নদীর ধার, পাহাড়ের ধার); a side or face (এধারে, ওধারে); proximity, approach, contiguity, vicinity (বাড়ির ধারে, ধারেকাছে); sharpness, edge (ছুরির ধার); keenness (বুদ্ধির ধার); intelligence or wit; debt, loan (বাজারে অনেক ধার); credit (ধারে কেনা); concern, connection (ধার ধারা). ধার করা v. to borrow; to sharpen, to whet. ধার দেওয়া v. to lend; to sharpen, to whet. ধার ধারা v. to be indebted to, to have any concern with; to care for, to pay heed to. ধার হওয়া v. to be in debt. ধারে কেনা বা বেচা v. to buy or sell on credit. ধারে কেনা-বেচা buying and selling on credit. হয় ধারে কাটা নয় ভারে কাটা (fig.) to pass or be counted highly on account of merit or prestige and position or weight and importance. ধারে ডোবা v. to be deeply involved in debt, to be over head and ears in debt. 15)