Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [dī-kta taspa na] 1 Poor, in- digent.
2 Distressed, ruined, af- flicted, miserable, wretched.
3 Sorry, dejected, melancholy, sad; sā virahe tava dīnā Gīt. 4.
4 Timid, frightened.
5 Mean, piteous; Bh. 2. 51. naḥ A poor person, one in distress or misery; dīnānāṃ kalpavṛkṣaḥ Mk. 1. 48; dināni dīnoddharaṇocitasya R. 2. 25. naṃ Distress, wretched- ness. nā The female of a mouse or shrew. Comp....