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Dasha Rush
Dasha Rush, real name Dasha Ptitsyna Van Celst, is a Russian-born techno producer and DJ based in Berlin who runs Fullpanda Records and its sub-label Hunger to Create.
Dasha Zhukova
Dasha Zhukova (Daria Zhukova) is a Russian-American art collector and philanthropist, co-founder of Moscow's Garage Museum of Contemporary Art with Roman Abramovich, trustee of the Met and LACMA, Garage Magazine founder, and 51% beneficiary of his $963m art collection.
Dashain (दशैं)
Dashain (दशैं), also called Vijaya Dashami or Bada'dashain, is Nepal's longest and most auspicious Hindu festival, honoring the goddess Durga over fifteen days in autumn, culminating in tika blessings.
Dashakumaracharita
The Dashakumaracharita (Daśakumāracarita) is a Sanskrit prose romance (gadyakāvya) by Dandin, dated to the late seventh or early eighth century, telling how ten young men separated by fate reunite and recount their adventures.
Dasham Skandh
Dasham Skandh (દશમ સ્કંધ) is the tenth canto of the Shrimad Bhagavata Purana, narrating Krishna's birth and childhood, retold in verse by Bhalan and Premānand.
Dasharatha (दशरथ)
Dasharatha (दशरथ), also called Dasarath, is the king of Ayodhya of the solar dynasty in the Hindu epic Ramayana, father of Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna.
Dasharatha Maurya (दशरथ मौर्य)
Dasharatha Maurya (दशरथ मौर्य), grandson of Ashoka per the Puranas, ruled the eastern Mauryan empire from Pataliputra around 232–224 BCE. Known from the Nagarjuni hill cave inscriptions dedicating caves to the Ajivikas, the only later Maurya to issue inscriptions.
Dasharatham (ദശരഥം)
Dasharatham (ദശരഥം), 1989 Malayalam drama by Sibi Malayil, written by A. K. Lohithadas, starring Mohanlal as Rajiv Menon; first Malayalam film on surrogacy, released 19 October 1989, later a cult film.
Dashavaikalika
Dashavaikalika (Daśavaikālika-sūtra; Prakrit Dasaveyāliya) is one of the four Mulasutras of the Svetambara Jain canon, a short Prakrit manual of ascetic conduct attributed to Śayyambhava and traditionally dated to 379 BCE.
Dashavatar (दशावतार) (2025 film)
Dashavatar (दशावतार) is a 2025 Marathi suspense thriller directed by Subodh Khanolkar, starring Dilip Prabhavalkar as Konkan folk theatre artist Babuli Mestri; released 12 September 2025, it grossed Rs 29 crore, the top Marathi film of 2025.
Dashavatara
The Dashavatara, or Dasavataram, is the set of ten principal avatars of Vishnu who descend to restore cosmic order, from Matsya the fish to the future Kalki.
Dashavatara Temple, Deogarh
The Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh, also known as the Gupta Temple, is an early sixth-century Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu at Deogarh in Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dashboard
A dashboard, also called an automobile instrument panel, is the panel facing a vehicle's driver that carries instruments, warning lights, and controls for operating the vehicle.
Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional is an American emo band formed in Florida in 2000 by Chris Carrabba. The Swiss Army Romance (2000) and hits like Screaming Infidelities and Hands Down made it the commercial face of early-2000s emo, with two Billboard 200 number-2 albums.
Dashcam
A dashcam, also called a dashboard camera or driving recorder, is a small video recorder mounted in a vehicle that records the road, preserving accidents as evidence.
DashCon
DashCon (formerly Tumbl-Con USA) was a fan-run convention for Tumblr users held July 11-13, 2014 in Schaumburg, Illinois, infamous for a $17,000 emergency cash appeal, unpaid guests, and the 'extra hour in the ball pit' meme.
DashCon 2
DashCon 2 (DashCon Two) is a fan-run arts, culture, and internet history convention in Toronto, Canada, a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the failed 2014 Tumblr convention DashCon. First held July 5, 2025 at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre; the 2026 edition ran August 1-2, themed Vive la Révolution, with a licensed Bucharest spinoff.
Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj
Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj (Дашдоржийн Нацагдорж; 1906–1937) was a Mongolian poet and writer regarded as one of the founders of modern Mongolian literature, known for the poem "My Homeland" and the musical drama Three Fateful Hills.
Dasheng Bureau (Imperial Music Bureau)
The Dasheng Bureau (大晟府) was the Song dynasty bureau created under Emperor Huizong to compose and promulgate the court's new ceremonial music, separating music from ritual administration.
Dashennongjia
Dashennongjia (大神农架, Ta-shen-nung-chia) is a high mountain in Shennongjia Forestry District, western Hubei, in the eastern Daba Mountains; elevations in sources range from 3,019 to 3,100 m, with 2,270 m prominence, and it anchors the core area of Shennongjia National Nature Reserve.
Dashi (出汁)
Dashi (出汁, だし) is Japanese soup stock made by extracting umami from kombu, katsuobushi, niboshi, or dried shiitake. Key facts: glutamate-inosinate synergy, ichiban and niban dashi, Ikeda's 1908 umami discovery.
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett, born Samuel Dashiell Hammett, was an American writer credited as the founder of hard-boiled detective fiction, author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man.
Dashiki
Dashiki: a loose, brightly colored West African pullover tunic (Yoruba dàńṣíkí, from Hausa dan ciki). Popularized in the US from the 1960s by New Breed Clothing of Harlem as a Black pride symbol.
Dashing Youth (少年白马醉春风)
Dashing Youth (少年白马醉春风, The Young Brewmaster's Adventure) is Zhou Munan's wuxia novel and its adaptations: a 2022 Mango TV/Youku animation and a 2024 Youku live-action drama starring Hou Minghao, a prequel to The Blood of Youth set twenty years earlier.
Dashon Goldson
Dashon Goldson (born 1984, Carson, CA) is a former NFL safety, 2007 fourth-round pick by the 49ers out of Washington; two-time Pro Bowler and 2012 AP first-team All-Pro who later played for Tampa Bay, Washington, and Atlanta.
Dashrath Manjhi (दशरथ मांझी)
Dashrath Manjhi (दशरथ मांझी), the "Mountain Man", was a Musahar labourer from Gehlaur, Gaya, Bihar, who spent 22 years (1960–1982) carving a 110 m road through a hill with hammer and chisel after his wife Falguni Devi died lacking timely medical care, cutting Atri–Wazirganj distance from 55 km to 15 km; died 17 August 2007.
Dasht-e Kavir
Dasht-e Kavir (Kavir-e Namak, Great Salt Desert) is Iran's largest desert, a roughly 77,000-80,000 km2 salt-flat basin on the central plateau east-southeast of Tehran, formed from an ancient evaporated ocean with salt layers up to 7 km thick and about 50 salt diapirs.
Dasht-e Margo
Dasht-e Margo (دشت مارگو), also written Dasht-i Margo, is a desert plain in southwestern Afghanistan between the Helmand and Khash Rud rivers, largely waterless and uninhabited.
Dasht-e Nawar
Dasht-e Nawar (Dašt-e Nāwor, "plain of the lake") is a 3,100 m high basin with a brackish lake about 60 km west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, known for Paleolithic sites, Afghanistan's only obsidian source, destroyed Kushan trilingual inscriptions, and a lithium-bearing playa.
Dashtīārī
Dashtiari (دشتیاری) is a county in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran's far southeast, created from Chabahar County in 2019. Centered on Negur, it has 85 km of Oman Sea coast, a 132 km Pakistan border, the Rimdan crossing, gando crocodiles, and tropical fruit and tuna fisheries.