දෙ·සඳුන්, n. pl. the two species of sandal wood, viz. the red and white.

දුඃඛ·නාට්‍ය, දුඃඛ·නාට්‍යාකාර, a. (in theatricals) tragic.

දනු·ලග්නය, දනුව, n. (දනු for ධනු), Sagittarius, one of the signs of the zodiac.

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.

දඪකරනවා, v. t. to harden, indurate, තදකර නවා; strengthen, සවිකරනවා.

දළ·දළුව, n. young leaf-bud.

දේව·ධර්‍මය, n. H., the rule, nature or moral qualities of the gods, viz, the fear of sin, love of virtue &c.; Chr., the Scriptures; the Divine law or doctrine.

දිවස්කීම, v. n. divination &c.

දෙසැම්බ්‍ර(බර්)·මස, n. December.

දීර්‍ඝකම. දීර්‍ඝතාව, n. lengthiness, දිගකම.