(p. 206) kartana act of cutting or chopping or trimming or lopping or amputating or shearing etc.; act of severing; act of spinning; refutation (যুক্তি-কর্তন) কর্তন করা v. to cut, to chop, to trim, to lop, to amputate, to shear; to sever; to spin; to refute; to pass or spend. কর্তনী n. any instrument for cutting, chopping, trimming etc.; a pair of scissors. 32)

(p. 220) kātāna a large knife or bill-hook (esp. for cutting metal-plates), a shearing tool. 55)