දක්‍ෂයා, n. clever person; name of a son of Brahma. He was called දක්‍ෂ because he sprang into being from the right-hand thumb of his father. He had sixty daughters, Next page Back to the Search Page   |   Back to the DDSA Page Charles Carter: A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Previous page Next page -- 273 -- twenty-seven of whom being married to the moon became the twenty-seven lunar mansions; one, දුර්‍ගා, was married to Siva, and thirteen became wives of කාශ්‍යප.

දිවා·මණි, n. day-gem: ap. of the sun, සූර්‍ය්‍යයා.

දශ·කෝණය, n. decagon, දසකොන් හැඩය.

දන්තුර, a. having a large or projecting tooth; undulatory, wavy, රැළි ආකාර; runcinate, දැති ආකාර.

දුඃඛය, n. affliction, sorrow, misery, දුක.

දේවකී, n. a goddess, viz, the daughter of Dévaka, wife of Vasudeva and mother of Krishna.

දිරච්ච, දිරාගිය, දිරුණු, v. adj. pret. decayed, rotten.

දිවි·වැටුප්, n. living-wage, viz. wages for livelihood.

දිනඉසුරු, දිනිසුරු, n. day-glory or Lord of day: ap. of Buddha, Kuvéra, and the sun.

දුෂ්ක්‍රීත, a. dearly-bought, අලාභවැඩි, (දුන්) මුදල වැඩි.