The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

D!ru*a (adj.) [Ved. d!ru*a, to d!ru ("strong as a tree"), cp. Gr. droo/n=i) sxuro/n Hesych; Lat. d(rus; Oir.
dron (firm), Mir. d(r (hard) Ags. trum] strong, firm, severe; harsh, cruel, pitiless S i.101; ii.226; Sn 244; Dh
139; J iii.34; Pv iv.36 (=ghora PvA 251); Miln 117 (v!ta); PvA 24, 52 (=ghora), 159 (sapatha a terrible
oath= ghora), 181 (=kur(rin), 221 (˚k!ra*a); Sdhp 5, 78, 286.
D!lana
D!lana [f. dalati] see vi˚.
D!lik! & D!lima
D!lik! & D!lima [Sk. d!lika the colocynth & d!.ima the pomegranate tree] in ˚la&&hi a kind of creeper;
equivalent to takk!ri (?) Th 2, 297 (d!lik!)=ThA 226 (d!lik! & d!lima).
D!)iddiya
D!)iddiya (& da)iddiya) (nt.) [Sk. *d!ridrya] poverty D iii.65, 66; A iii.351 sq.; J i.228; D!vs ii.60; Sdhp
78.
D!leti
D!leti see dalati.
D!va
D!va [Sk. d!va, see dava1 & daya1] in ˚aggi a jungle -- fire J i.213; iii.140; Vism 470; DhA i.281.
D!vika
D!vika (adj.) in pi*.a˚, a cert. rank in the army (v. l. pi*.a -- d!yika) D i.51=Miln 331 (DA i.156:
s!hasikamah!yodh!, etc., with popular expl. of the terms pi*.a & davayati).
D!sa
D!sa [Ved. d!sa; orig. adj. meaning "non -- Aryan," i. e. slave (cp. Gr. ba/ rbaros, Ger. sklave=slave); Av.
d!ha= a Scythian tribe. Also connected w. dasyu (see dassukh"la)] a slave, often combd w. f. d!s". Def. by
Bdhgh as "antoj!to" (DA i.300), or as "antoj!tadhanakk"ta -- karamarân"ta -- s!ma' d!sabya' upagat!na'
aññataro" (ibid. 168). -- In phrase d!s! ca kammakar! "slaves & labourers" Vin i.243, 272; ii.154; as d!so
kammakaro "a slave -- servant" D i.60 (cp. d. kammakara). -- Vin i.72, 76 (d!so na pabb!jetabbo: the
slave cannot become a bhikkhu); D i.72; M ii.68 (fig. ta*h!˚); J i.200, 223; iii.343 (bought for 700
kah!pa*as), 347; Pug 56; PvA 112. -- kammakara (porisa) a slave -- servant, an unpaid labourer, a serf Vin
i.240; A i.206; D iii.189; DhA iv.1; -- ga*a a troop of slaves Pv iv.141; -- purisa a servant J i.385; -- porisa
a servant, slave Sn 769 (cp. Nd1 11, where 4 kinds of d. are mentioned); -- lakkha*a fortunetelling from
(the condition of) slaves D i.9.
D!saka
D!saka=d!sa in ˚putta a slave, of the sons of the slaves, mentioned as one of the sipp' !yatanas at D i.51#
(expl. by Bdhgh as balavasineh! -- gharad!sa -- yodh! DA i.157). -- sad!saka with slaves, followed by
slaves Vv 324. -- f. d!sik! a female slave (=d!s") M i.126; J vi.554.
D!sabyat!