(p. 206) karādhāna imposition of a tax or taxes, taxation. 8)

(p. 240) kuṭi straw chopped fine; a bit of this straw, a small chip of straw. ̃কুটি a. cut into very small bits; minced; torn into shreds; beside oneself (হেসে কুটিকুটি হওয়া). কুটিকুটি করা v. to cut into very small bits; to mince; to tear into shreds. হেসে কুটিকুটি (কুটিপাটি) হওয়া v. to be beside oneself with laughter, to be convulsed with laughter; to split one's sides (with laughter). 11)

(p. 231) kālaprabhāba influence of an age. 12)

(p. 248) kusimbī the kidney bean or its plant. 6)

(p. 194) kaṇṭakita full of thorns, thorny; pricking as thorns, prickly; horripilated. 63)

(p. 231) kālamāhātmya influence of the age or time; the distinctive quality of an age. 21)

(p. 232) kāli2 ink; darkness, gloom (মনের কালি); a dark spot, discoloration (চোখের কালি); a. stigma, disgrace (কুলের কালি); soot, smut (ঝুলকালি). চোখের কালি black eye, a black in the eye. জুতোর কালি shoe polish. প্রদীপের কালি lamp-black. কালির আঁচড় (fig.) minimum education or learning. পেটে কালির আঁচড়ও না থাকা not to have even the minimum education or learning, to be completely illiterate. 12)

(p. 231) kālaśōdhana equation of time. 25)

(p. 253) kērala Kerala, a south-Indian state; an inhabitant of Kerala (কেরল). 37)

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

(p. 259) kauntēẏa a son of Kunti (কুন্তী) of the Mahabharata. 26)

(p. 192) kaccha a shore; a coastal region; a marshy place; Kutch; (facet.) the part of the loincloth which the wearer tucks behind him between his legs. 43)

(p. 239) kucamukha same as কুচাগ্র । 8)

(p. 192) kaṃsabaṇika a dealer in bell metal products. 11)

(p. 228) kārtika the seventh month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of October to the middle of November); the name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces; an extremely goodlooking (young) man. কেলেকার্তিক, নবকার্তিক, লোহার কার্তিক n. (sarcas. or dero.) an extremely ugly man. কার্তিকী a. of the month of Kartik (কার্তিকী পূর্ণিমা). কার্তিকেয় n. name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces. 38)