දානවාරි, n. (·අරි), a god or deity as opponent of the Asuras, අසුරරිපු.

දර, n. fuel, firewood.

ද්විපාදෝත්තමයා, n. (ද්විපාද උත්තමයා), lit. biped-chief: ap. of Buddha as chief of mankind physically and morally.

දෙනානකය, n. a B. fraternity, ජේතවන නිකාය.

දා, n. pl. E. of ද්‍රව්‍ය: things; also for ජාති, sorts, kinds; births.

දද·පෙළ, n. line or string of various flags, used as festive ornamentation for a temple, to present which is regarded as very meritorious.

දුර්‍වෂහ, a. intolerable, දැරිය නොහැකිවූ.

දොවනවා, v. t. to wash, සෝදනවා; pret. දෙවුවා; v. n. දෙවීම.

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.

දෘෂ්ටකූටය, n. enigma, riddle, තේරවිල්ල.