(p. 243) kumbhaka a physio-religious practice of controlling or suspending one's breath. 31)

(p. 251) kēn̐cō the earthworm. (ভয়ে) কেঁচো cowering (in fear). ভয়ে কেঁচো হওয়া v. to cower in fear. 29)

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

(p. 192) kacu an esculant edible root; (contem.) a mere trifle, nothing. কচু করা v. to be able to do nothing; to be able to do no harm. কচু খাওয়া v. (contem.) to eat or get nothing, to be disappointed. কচু বোঝা v. to fail utterly to understand or comprehend. ̃কাটা a. chopped easily at will; chopped fine; hashed. কচুকাটা করা v. to chop or hash with ease and at will; to chop fine. ̃ঘেচু n. pl. worthless vegetables; vegetables not normally edible; trifles. ̃পোড়া n. anything inedible; nothing. দুঃখ না কচু no genuine sorrow but a mere show of it. 40)

(p. 192) kaṃsāri (myth.) the slayer of the notorious king Kamsa (কংস); an appellation of Krishna (ক়ৃষ্ণ). 12)

(p. 192) kacaṭānō to knead. কচটানি n. act of kneading. 30)

(p. 228) kārita caused to be done. 30)

(p. 192) ka-kha the alphabet; elementary knowledge, ABC. 20)

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

(p. 194) kajjala eye-wash, eye-salve, collyrium; lampblack; cloud; dark cloud. 2)

(p. 194) kanyā a daughter; a virgin; a marriageable girl; a bride; (astrol.) the Virgo. ̃কর্তা n. (in a wedding) the chief man amongst the bride's people. ̃কাল n. maidenhood. ̃গ্রহণ n. act of taking a girl as wife; act of receiving a girl in marriage in one's family. ̃দান n. act of giving away a girl esp. a daughter in marriage; the ceremony of committing the bride into the hands of the bridegroom. ̃দায় n. the responsibility of arranging for the marriage of one's daughter; the state of being burdened with a marriageable daughter for whom a husband has not yet been found. ̃দায়গ্রস্ত a. of one who is yet to marry off his daughter, burdened with the responsibility of arranging for the marriage of one's daughter. ̃পক্ষ n. (in a wedding) the bride's people or party. ̃প্রণিধি n. a girl guide. ̃যাত্রী n. a wedding-guest invited by the bride's people. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Virgo. ̃সম্প্রদান same as কন্যাদান । 136)

(p. 208) kalami an edible aquatic plant (cp. Kalmia). 58)

(p. 220) kāṭākhāla an excavated watercourse or canal for irrigation or for inland navigation. 29)

(p. 215) kāura eczema. 20)

(p. 262) kyāsṭara aẏēla castor oil. 2)