Dabari: Tomb (SSS-II) Dabholkar - Govinda Raghunatha Dabholkar: Author of the Sai Sathcharitham, the book about the life of Shirdi Sai Baba (nickname : Hemadpant) (SSS-II) Dadhîci (Dhadheechi): Great hero, who gave up his bones to Indra to form a thunderbolt for killing a demon leader (SB-Canto 6 : 10) Daivam: God. (BV-1) Daiva-samaana: Equal to a God (RRV-10b). Daivi Sampath:  Divine elevating impulses and motives. Daksha: a son of Brahmâ who is a chief forefather of the population of the universe. Dâksâyanî: a name of Satî. Dakshina: Ritual fees (RRV-8). Damodara: The one with a rope around his waist. Refers to Krishna when he was a young boy. Dana: charity, usually in the form of money (SSS-IV) Danda: Stick (RRV-7b), stick carried by sages for performing rites (together with a kamandalu) (BV-42). Dandaka: Great forest which Rama, Sita and Lakshmana traveled through for ten years of their exile (RRV-10a), (RRV2-1) Dandakaranya: The ruler of this region, Danda by name, violated the chastity of the daughter of his own preceptor, Bhrgu. Brghu listened to the pathetic story as related by his daughter and, in the extremity of his anger, he overwhelmed the region with a downpour of dust. Therefore, this area was sodden deep with mud, and in course of time, it was a thick jungle from end to end. The region is named Dandakaranya, after that infamous ruler. (RRV2-1)  Danava's: The race of evil-minded ogres, (BV-32), sub-human monsters (BV-39) (RRV2-13b) Dars(h)an: Seeing and experiencing a saint, blessing (RRV-7b).  Dâs'ârha: ['de dienstbaarheid waardig'] Balarâma [SB, C10-11] Dâsa, Dâsi: (servant) instrument of the will of God, Krishna. Dasara: [read more about Dasara] The Dasara festival commemorates the victory of the gods over the demons, of light over darkness, of knowledge over ignorance. (SSS-IV) Dasaratha: 'The-ten-chariot hero' name of the father of Rama, son of Aja and Indumathi (RRV-2), King of Kosala and Rama's eartly father (RRV-10a). Dasa means 'ten' and Ratha means 'Chariot'. Hence Dasaratha (the father of Rama) in fact symbolises 'man' who operates with his ten sense-organs such as the eyes, the ears, the nose etc. His three wives symbolize man's three Gunas (attributes) and his four sons, the four Purusharthas (purposes). Lakshmana also represents the Buddhi (Intellect) of Rama. Hanuman is the mind, the repository of courage, while Sugriva stands for Discrimination. With these to help him, Rama succeeds in finding Sita, the lost Truth. This is the lesson of the Ramayana to everyone - Quote by Sathya Sai Baba. Datta: Granted (BV-10), (BV-36).   Dattâtreya: a partial incarnation of Lord Vishnu who appeared as the son of Atri Muni.  Dayâ, Tapah, sauca, sathya: Austerity, cleanliness, compassion and thruthfullness are the legs that established the age of truth [Sathya Yuga, the 'old days'] [SB; C1:17-24] Dayyam: The devil. (BV-1) Deha-atma buddhi: The false idea that one is just the body and nothing more (Geetha Vahini). Deham: Body (SSS-III) Dehamatha: The mother who gave birth to its body (SSS-III) Dehi: The Embodied (BV-42). Depavali: The Festival of Lights, commemorating the victory of the uplifting faculties of man over his down dragging tendencies (SSS-II). Des'a-kâla-vibhâgavit: ... conversant with the differences to place and time ... (SB; 4.8-54) Desa-Matha: The region inhabited by the society it is born into that stamps on it its way of living, lines of thinking and ideals and goals (SSS-III) Deva: God. (RRV-5) Demi-god; great personality in devotion to Krishna, selfrealized to administrative independence. "Shining one." A being living in the higher astral plane, in a subtle, nonphysical body. Deva is also used in scripture to mean "God or Deity." Deva and Asura: Divine and Demoniac (BV-44),  Gods and Demons (RRV-11a). Devahûti: the mother of the Lord's incarnation Kapila. Devakî: the mother of Lord Krishna. [also Pris'ni: SB 10:3-32] Devakî-nandana: a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the darling son of Devakî. Devala: an ancient authority on the Vedas. 'Devo nah priyatâm': 'may God be pleased with us'. (SB 10-34) Dhanam: Riches  (BV-1), money (SSS-II). Dhara: Continuous stream of aradh (worship). (SSS-II) Dharana: Concentration, fixed attention, one of eight steps in Patanjali's yoga discipline. Dharma: Religious principles; one's eternal, natural occupation (i.e. devotional service to the Lord)  [Sastras] (Bhagavatha Vahini), Righteous conduct, justice, morality, duty. Karma along the lines of Dharma cannot be  sinful, (BV-4), (RRV-1), Justice, Righteousness, Morality, Virtue, (BV-32), Righteousness (BV-35); one of the Four Goals of Human Life together with Artha, Kama, Moksha (Welfare, Endeavour and Liberation), Rightful duties (RRV-5), Dharma Vahini. The regulated life of the spirit affecting every detail of the process of living, with liberation from the consequences of ignorance always in view (SSS-II) Dharma: Austerity, cleanliness, compassion and thruthfullness [tapah, sauca, dayâ, sathya] are the legs that established the age of truth [Sathya Yuga, the 'old days'] (SB, C1-17)  Nârada Bhakti Sutra, verse 62: 'Even after one has achieved devotional service, one should not abandon one's responsibilities in this world but should rather continue surrendering the results of one's work to the Lord. And while still trying to reach the stage of pure devotion, one must certainly continue executing prescribed duties.'  Dharma dana: the gift of the knowledge of Dharma (SSS-IV) Dharmakshethra: See Kurukshetra. 'An arena of righteousness' (SSS-IV) Dharma Sikshana: Learning Dharma (Dharma Vahini). Dharma Marga: the principles of right social behavior (SSS-III) Dharma Narayana: The personification of Dharma (Dharma-Vahini). Dharmaraja: Another name for Yudhishthhira, the eldest Pândava, meaning: king of righteousness or the righteous. (BV-4) Dharma-rakshana: The Guardianship of Righteousness (RRV-6). Dharma-sthapana: Restoration or revival of dharma, justice (SSS-II), the revival and re-establishment of the moral order in human affairs (SSS-III) Dharma vijaya: the triumph of righteousness (SSS-IV) Dharmavratha: A strict adherent of the vow to be righteous in word, thought and deed (RRV-10b). Dharma yatras: pilgrimages (SSS-IV)  Dharmo rakshathi rakshithah: Dharma saves those who save it (RRV-6b) Satya annasti paradharmah: there is no Dharma higher than Truth (SSS-III) Dhenuvratha: Ritualistic vow of 'Cow Worship'. (RRV-2) Dhotî and kurtâ: Long piece of cloth worn around the waist and long shirt. Standard clothing worn by the male temple-devotees. Dhritarâshthra: the uncle of the Pândavas whose attempt to usurp their kingdom for the sake of his own sons resulted in the Kurukshetra war. Dhruva (Maharaja): Grandson of Brahmâ and son of Uttânapâda; as a child, at the age of five, he performed severe penance and attained self-renunciation (SSS-III).  Dhuni: Fire-place (SSS-II) Dhyana(m): (Bhagavatha Vahini) Meditation, equanimity (BV-1), (BV-44). Dig vijaya: conquest of territory (SSS-IV) "Dikku lenivanikki Devude Gathi": For him who has no refuge, God is the refuge (SSS-II) Dilipa: King [RRV-2, RRV-7a, RRV-7c] Diti: the wife of Kasyapa Muni and mother of the demons Hiranyâksha and Hiranyakas'ipu. Divya: Divine. Divyatma: The Universal Absolute Entity (RRV2-12b) "Divyatma Swarupulara":  "Ye, Divine Atmic Realities" (SSS-II) Dronâcârya: the military teacher of the Pândavas who was obliged to fight paganist them in the Battle of Kuruksetra. Drsya:  It is 'absolute non-dualist' philosophy when the seen (Drsya) world is superimposed on the undivided, indivisible Brahman. (SSS-III) Durgâ: the personified material energy and wife of Lord Shiva. Also Mâyâdevî (SB 10:2-11,12)  Durvâsâ Muni: a powerful mystic yogi, famous for his fearful curses. Duryodhana: Kaurava, nephew of Arjuna, who lead the hostile armies together with his other hundred brothers, the sons of the blind oncle Dhritarâshthra.  Dushana: Demon chieftain, brother of Khara and Surpanakha (RRV2-2). Dushashana: Duryodhana's eldest brother and one of his inner circle of close advisors. He grievously offended Draupadî and the Pândavas, and as a result Bhîma vowed to kill him and drink his blood. He did so during the Kurukshetra war. Dvaipâyana - Vyâsadeva: the original compiler of the Vedas and Purânas and author of the Vedânta-sûtra and Mahâbhârata. Dvârakâdhîsa: a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the city Dvârakâ. Dvîpa: 'separate area, island or continent'. There are seven dvîpa's. Also Brahmâ's lotus, the galaxy, is described as a dvîpa. The Eurasian continent is known as Jambhûdvîpa. (see also varsha and S.B. Canto 5 chapter 2, S.B. Canto 5 chapter 16) Dwapara Age (Yuga): The Yuga in which Krishna was on earth (BV-36). Dvârakâ: Was applied to the city built by Krishna on an island, because, the word means, a place the doors of which are open for the four castes and for the four types of men namely Aartha, Artharthi, Jijnasu and Jnani, so that they may attain the four Purusharthas. (SSS-II) Dvârakâ: (many-gates; for all walks of life) The city within the sea to which Krishna together with His loyals retreated after His stay in Mathûra, the capital of His region of birth (see 10: 50). - The city where Lord Krishna's pastimes as a head of state, wellfaring noble, father and lover took place. Dwehsa klesha: hatred.