(p. 208) karmārambha beginning of a work or ceremony, beginning of activities; beginning of daily activities. 27)

(p. 234) kirakirā, kirakirē full of grains of sand, gritty. 38)

(p. 204) karanā (chiefly used as a correl.) duties, tasks (ঘরকরনা). 35)

(p. 192) kacalākacali act of wringing or squeezing repeatedly; act of rubbing; act of higgling (অনেক কচলাকচলির পর দাম কমাল). কচলাকচলি করা v. to wring or squeeze repeatedly; to rub; to higgle. 33)

(p. 240) kupanhā a bad or wrong or evil means or policy or way. 61)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭāla, kān̐ṭhāla the jackfruit. ̃গাছ n. the jack-tree, the jack. ̃চাঁপা n. a yellow flower smelling like a ripe jackfruit. কাঁটালের আমসত্ত্ব (fig.) an impossible thing; a mare's nest. পরের মাথায় কাঁটাল ভাঙা v. (fig.) to make a cat's-paw of another. 15)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭācuẏā the hedgehog. 14)

(p. 194) kandara a mountain-cave, a cavern. 127)

(p. 194) kathita uttered, pronounced; said, told; narrated, described; mentioned, spoken of কথিত আছে যে it is said that. 91)

(p. 243) kumakuma a ball filled with red powder and scented water for sprinkling; a red paste made from saffron juice used by women as a cosmetic. 16)

(p. 228) kālaciṭē, kālaciṭā black or dark stain. 65)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭā a thorn, a prickle; any longish thing or instrument with a pointed end or ends (চুলের কাঁটা); a pointer (কম্পাসের কাঁটা, দাঁড়িপাল্লার কাঁটা); a fork (used in eating meals); a hand (ঘড়ির কাঁটা); a fishbone; gooseflesh (শীতে বা ভয়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া). কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলা v. (fig.) to set a thief to catch a thief. গায়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া to have gooseflesh; to have shivering, to shiver. পথের কাঁটা (fig.) an obstacle or snag. পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া (fig.) v. to prevent. ̃তার n. barbed wire. ̃নটে n. a variety of spinach. ̃বন n. a hedge full of prickly shrubs. ̃ময় a. thorny. কাঁটায় কাঁটায় adv. punctually; just at. 13)

(p. 251) kṛśa lean, thin; slender, slim; weak, feeble; weakened, enfeebled. ̃কায়, ̃তনু a. of a slender frame, lean, thin. ̃তা n. leanness, thinness; weakness, feebleness. 9)

(p. 228) kālakūṭa a deadly poison (cp. hemlock). 56)

(p. 217) kān̐dōkān̐dō about to weep; about to shed tears; tearful. 9)