dIna a. [ dI-kta taspa na ] 1 Poor, indigent. 2 Distressed, ruined, afflicted, miserable, wretched. 3 Sorry, dejected, melancholy, sad; sA virahe tava dInA Gīt. 4. 4 Timid, frightened. 5 Mean, piteous; Bh. 2. 51. — naH A poor person, one in distress or misery; dInAnAM kalpavfkzaH Mk. 1. 48 ; dinAni dInodDaraRocitasya R. 2. 25. — naM Distress, wretchedness. — nA The female of a mouse or shrew. Comp. — dayAlu, -vatsala a. kind to the poor. — baMDuH a friend of the poor. — locanaH a cat.