(p. 243) kurtā a small jacket or coat or shirt. লালকুর্তা n. the Red Shirts; patriotic and social welfare organization of NorthWest Frontier formed by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in India's pre-independence days. 61)

(p. 261) kaulīnya high birth or descent; state of being born in a kulin (কুলীন) family; state of being a kulin; the honorarium to be paid to a kulin. ̃গর্ব n. pride of high birth; pride for being born a kulin. ̃প্রথা n. the custom or practice of a kulin family; the kulin system. 6)

(p. 204) karañja, karañjaka, karañjā a variety of sour fruit (it becomes crimson when ripe). 28)

(p. 217) kāṅāla poor, indigent; destitute; humbly praying for; meanly hankering after, piteously eager to have (যশের কাঙাল, সন্তানের কাঙাল); wistful (কাঙাল নয়ন); suffering, miserable; earning one's livelihood by begging. n. an indigent man; a humble petitioner; a suffering or miserable man; a begger. fem. কাঙালিনি । ̃পনা n. (usu. dero.) beggary; supplication. কাঙালি same as কাঙাল । কাঙালি বিদায় n. distribution of alms to the poor or beggars. কাঙালি বিদায় করা v. to distribute alms to the poor or beggars. কাঙালি ভোজন n. feeding of the poor or beggars. 32)

(p. 226) kāmalā jaundice. 18)

(p. 228) kārmika embroidered; variegated; made, composed. 45)

(p. 234) kīrṇa scattered or strewn here and there; pervaded; extended or spread over. 63)

(p. 243) kulira, kuliraka the crab. 83)

(p. 256) kōm̐stā a scrubbing brush. 16)

(p. 248) kusaṃskāra superstition. ̃গ্রস্ত, কুসংস্কারাচ্ছন্ন a. superstition-ridden, superstitious. ̃মূলক a. caused by superstition, superstitious. 2)

(p. 194) kanīnikā the apple of the eye, the pupil. 119)

(p. 262) klēśa trouble; sorrow; misery; pain. ক্লেশ দেওয়া v. to trouble; to distress; to inflict sorrow or misery (on); to pain. ক্লেশ পাওয়া to be distressed or afflicted; to suffer. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. troublesome; distressing; painful; difficult. ক্লেশাবহ same as ক্লেশদায়ক । ক্লেশার্জিত a. hard-earned. ক্লেশিত a. one who is being troubled or distressed or pained; troubled; sorrowful; in misery; afflicted, distressed; pained. 58)

(p. 240) kuṭa2 a fort, a fortress; a hill; a tree. 5)

(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. 194) kapani a small piece of loincloth worn after the fashion of a suspensor by Indian ascetics; a very small and cheap loincloth. 140)