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.

දේවි, n. goddess; queen; lady.

දුන්නා, v. pret. of දෙනවා: gave.

ද්වේෂ්‍ය, a. detestable, odious, hateful, අහික්‍ෂිත.

දියසේරා, n. the bird called little grebe, podiceps fluviatalis.

දහම, n. E. of ධර්‍මය: doctrine, dogma; justice, righteousnes, යුක්තිය.

දමාගන්නවා, v. i. to put on oneself or for oneself (clothes &c.), don.

දෙ·පළු, n. pl. the two halves or lobes.

දේවානුභාව·ද්‍යෂ්ටි, a. supernaturalistic.

දිසාව, n. district, quarter, direction; Government Agent of a province, Disāva.