(p. 238) kukari a short dagger, a stiletto. 10)

(p. 194) kaṇṭakiphala the jack-fruit or its tree. 64)

(p. 226) kāmāi1 earnings, income. কামাই করা v. to earn. 19)

(p. 238) kun̐ḍ়ē2 idle, lazy, slothful. ̃মি n. idleness, laziness, sloth. 2)

(p. 251) kṛṣṇa (myth.) an incarnation of God Vishnu or Narayana (নারায়ণ), Krishna who was one of the chief characters of the Mahabharata. a. black or deepblue or dark-complexioned (কৃষ্ণকায়, কৃষ্ণমেঘ); dark, gloomy (কৃষ্ণরাত্রি). কৃষ্ণ পাওয়া v. (usu. sarcas.) to have access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) after one's death; to die. ̃কলি n. a flower-plant; its flower. ̃কায় a. dark-complexioned. ̃চন্দন n. the white Sandalwood, Santalum album. ̃চূড়া n. a flowering shrub; its red-coloured flower. ̃জীরে, ̃জীরক n. the black cummin. ̃তা n. blackness. ̃তিথি n. any of the lunar days of the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষীয় a. of the dark fortnight. ̃প্রাপ্তি n. access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); death. ̃বর্ণ a. black, dark-coloured. n. black or dark colour. ̃বর্ত্মা n. fire; (myth. & astro.) the dragon's head, the ascending node. ˜ভক্ত a. devoted to Lord Krishna. n. a devotee of Lord Krishna. ̃মুগ n. a black variety of pigeon-pulse. ̃যাত্রা n. any of the openair dramatic performances enacting the life and activities of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃লোহিত a. & n. purple. ˜লৌহ n. a magnet. ̃সর্প n. a venomous black snake, the krait. ̃সার, ̃শার n. the antelope. ̃সারথি n. Arjuna (অর্জুন) of whom Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) is the charioteer as told in the Mahabharata. ̃সীস n. graphite, black lead. কৃষ্ণা a. fem. dark complexioned. n. a name of Draupadi (দ্রৌপদী) of the Mahabharata. কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ n. the black-skinned; the black people. a. black-skinned. opp. শ্বেতাঙ্গ । কৃষ্ণাগুরু same as কৃষ্ণচন্দন । কৃষ্ণাজিন n. skin of an antelope. কৃষ্ণাভ a. blackish; bluish; darkish. কৃষ্ণাষ্টমী n. the birth-day of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); the eighth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র). 19)

(p. 240) kutarka sophistry; unreasonable or useless argument, false but clever argument (intended mainly to outwit), quibbling. 37)

(p. 206) karalā a variety of kitchen vegetable having a bitter taste, the larger variety of bitter gourd. 3)

(p. 226) kāmābaśāẏitā, kāmābasāẏitā power of fulfilling one's desires at will; power of restraining one's sexual appetite; continence. 29)

(p. 257) kōdāla, kōdāli a broad-bladed digging tool, a spade. কোদালিয়া a. one who digs with a spade. কোদাল দিয়ে খনন spadework. কোদাল পাড়া v. to dig with a spade. 12)

(p. 259) kōhinura the famous diamond called kohinoor; (fig.) a very costly thing; (fig.) one's most valuable treasure; (fig.) the best specimen or person. 20)

(p. 217) kācakupi a funnel made of glass, a glass funnel. 34)

(p. 253) kēśākarṣaṇa pulling one by the hair, pulling one's hair. কেশাকর্ষণ করা v. to pull one's hair; to pull one by the hair. 52)

(p. 243) kumbhakarṇa the monstrous second brother of Ravana (রাবণ) as described in the Ramayana (he used to keep awake only for a day after sleeping for six months at a stretch); (hence—fig.) a man who sleeps overmuch. 32)

(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. 194) kapittha a shelled fruit with sour pulp akin to the wood-apple; its tree. 152)