දීපය, n. lamp, පහන; light, එළිය; iband, වීපය‍.

දේහ·ක්‍ෂයය, n. wasting of the body, decline, consumption, ක්‍ෂයරෝගය.

දුර්‍වඥෙය, a. difficult to comprehend or know, දැනගන්ට අමාරු.

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.

දූත·ලක්‍ෂණ, n. pl. messenger-signs, viz. supposed indications in the looks of the messenger as to the nature of that about which he has come, sp. when sent to call a doctor.

දෛව·යෝගය, n. divine interposition, දෙවි යන්ගේ මැදහත්වීම; unforeseen event, හදිසි යක්, අහම්බයක්.

දැව, n. pl. timber, logs, beams.

දෛව·චින්තකයා, n. fatalist, ඉරණම විශ්වාස.

දෝහය, n. milk, කිරි; milking, කිරිදෙවීම; milk-pail.

ද්‍රාවිඩක, n. zedoary, හරංකහ, also හිඟුරුපියලි.