දිරවනවා, v. t. to cause to decay, rot, corrode; digest; pret. දිරෙවුවා.

දරුවා, n. child, offspring.

දිය·දද, n. See ජයකේතුව.

දුම්·කුලුන, දුම්කෙමිය, n. smoke-flue, chimney, funnel.

දාස·කර්‍මය, දාස·සේවය, n. bave-work, menial service.

දැන·පුරුදු, a. accustomed to, familiar with.

දික්‍ෂිතයා, n. initiated person, pupil of an ascetic, ශ්‍රාවකයා; sacrificer, පූජාකරන්නා.

ද්වි·සප්තාහය, n. two weeks, fortnight, දෙසතියක්.

දු·සිරි·කම්, n. pl. (කම් for කර්‍ම), evil deeds, දුෂ්ට ක්‍රියා.

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.