(p. 243) kuśa a kind of holy grass; Rama's son in the Ramayana; a mythological island. ̃পুত্তলি, ̃পুত্তলী, ̃পুত্তলিকা n. an effigy of a dead or living person made of this grass, a jackstraw. কুশপুত্তলি দাহ করা v. to burn an effigy (in order to express dislike against a person or to consummate cremation scripturally of a person who is believed to be dead but whose body has not been found). কুশ-পেয়ে a. having the tip of one's feet turned inside, suffering from knockfeet or pedis valgum. কুশাগ্র n. the tip of a blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. a. as pointed or sharp as the tip of a blade of kusha grass. কুশাগ্রধী, কুশাগ্রবুদ্ধি a. very sharp-witted, having very keen intelligence. কুশাগ্রীয় same as কুশাগ্র (a). কুশাঙ্কুর n. a sharp-pointed young shoot or blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. কুশাঙ্গুরী, কুশাঙ্গুরীয় n. a ring for the finger made of kusha grass (worn during the performance of a holy rite). কুশাসন n. a small mat made of kusha (কুশ) grass (used for sitting upon by holy persons or during the performance of a holy rite). 89)

(p. 243) kurūpa having an ugly or uncomely appearance, ugly; ill-shaped and deformed. n. ugliness. fem. কুরূপা । 60)

(p. 238) kukura the dog. fem. কুকুরী the bitch. ̃কুণ্ডলী n. the manner of lying down in a coil as a dog. ̃কুণ্ডলী হওয়া v. to crouch or lie like a dog. ̃ছানা n. the puppy (of a dog), the pup. কুকুরে-গোঁ n. doggedness. কুকুরে-দাঁত n. the canine tooth (of a human being). কুকুরের ঘর বা বাসা a. kennel. যেমন কুকুর তেমনি মুগুর (fig.) the right whip for the right dog, condign punishment. 13)

(p. 216) kān̐cāhaluda undried turmeric. 7)

(p. 256) kōjāgara the day of the fullmoon in the month of Ashwin-Kartik (আশ্বিন-কার্তিক) when goddess Lakshmi is worshipped. কোজাগরী a. of or on or during this day; performed on this day. 27)

(p. 192) kaca1 hair; the pointed end of a quillpen; a nib; a curved projection of a piece of land or a building. 28)

(p. 225) kāpuruṣa a coward, a poltroon; a faint-hearted or hen-hearted person. a. cowardly, poltroon; faint-hearted, henhearted. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. cowardice; cowardliness; faint-heartedness. কাপুরুষোচিত a. cowardly, befitting a coward or a chicken-hearted person. 12)

(p. 248) kṛtti skin or hide of beasts; skin of human beings, epidermis, cutis. ̃ক n. cuticle. ̃কা n. (astro.) the Pleiads, the Pleiades; (myth.) any of the six nymphs who nursed Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়). ̃বাস n. a name of Shiva (শিব) who wears a tiger's skin. ̃বাসী a. composed by Krittibas (কৃত্তিবাস) who rendered the Sanskrit Ramayana into Bengali. 56)

(p. 228) kārakhānā a workshop, a factory, a mill. 11)

(p. 225) kābābacini cubeb. 23)

(p. 243) kuśāsaka a bad or unjust ruler or administrator. 93)

(p. 240) kunāma a bad name; ill fame, notoriety, ill repute. 51)

(p. 208) kaśēru the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column. কশেরুক a. vertebrate. n. vertebral bone, the backbone. কশেরুকা n. the vertebral bone, the backbone; a vertebra. 101)

(p. 194) kabacakuṇḍala armour and earrings. 165)

(p. 217) kāka the crow. fem. কাকী the female crow. ̃চক্ষু a. as transparent as a crow's eyes, (cp.) crystal-clear. ̃জোত্স্না n. dim or faint moonlight. ̃তন্দ্রা, ̃নিদ্রা n. wary nap or slumber. ̃তাড়ুয়া n. the scarecrow. ̃তালীয় a. (of two or more incidents) coincidental and seemingly related to one another as cause and effect; coincidental; successive but not causally connected. কাকতালীয় ন্যায় post hoc ergo propter hoc (after it, so because of it—a fallacious reasoning). ̃পক্ষ n. a lovelock. ̃পদ n. quotationmarks (' '); a caret (^). ̃পুচ্ছ n. the cuckoo. ̃ফল n. the margosa-tree, the nim. ̃বন্ধ্যা n. a woman who becomes pregnant but once. ̃ভেজা n. & v. getting or to get completely drenched (usu. in rainwater). ˜ভোর n. very early morning. ̃শীর্ষ n. a species of flowertree yielding flowers looking like ducks. ̃স্নান n. brief and careless bath. কাকের ছা বকের ছা extremely bad and illegible handwriting. 17)