درکا darkā H s. m. Crack, crevice, cranny.

دثار dis̤ār A s. An upper garment. (The word is used in opposition to شعار, and like the latter sometimes in compos. to denote habit, custom, &c.).

دامن dāmini S̱. (सौदामिनी) s. f. Light- ning.

دهندها dhandhā H s. m. Business, employment, work, avocation, occupation.

دفعه dafʼaﻌ A s. f. Time, a moment, one time, one turn. دفعه بدفعه dafʼaﻌ ba-dafʼaﻌ, adv. From time to time, repeatedly. دفعه دار dafʼaﻌ-dār, s. m. An officer of cavalry so called.

دوزخ dozaḵẖ P s. m. 1. Hell. 2. (met.) Belly.

دس दश das S adj. Ten. دسون دسا dasoṅ disā, The ten regions, sides or quarters (of the world, as mentioned under دکپال dik-pāl, q. v.). دسون دوار dasoṅ dwār, The ten passages for the actions of the faculties; namely, the eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, penis, anus, and crown of the head. (It seems, however, that properly there are only nine, the last not being acknowledged in any Sanskrit works of authority which have been consulted).

دوتيا dūtiyā S̱. or द्वितीय dwitīya, adj. Second.

دهشت dahshat A s. f. Fear, fright, terrour, dismay, dread, awe, alarm. دهشت انگيز dah- shat-angez, Horrible, terrible, hideous. دهشت ديني dahshat denī, To frighten, terrify, alarm. دهشت زده dahshat-zada, adj. Panick-struck, terrified, alarmed, frightened. دهشت ناک dahshat-nāk, adj. Alarming, fearful, terrified, frightened, afraid. P. A. دهقان dihḳān (from ده dih, Village, and خان Lord: Kām. ap. Gol.) s. m. A villager, husbandman, a head man of a village. A. P. دهقاني dihḳān-ī, s. m. f. 1. A villager, a hus- bandman, countryman, peasant, rustick. 2. Agriculture, the profession of a husbandman.

دهين धेनु dhenu S s. f. A cow, a milch cow, one which has lately calved.