(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. 215) kasama an oath, a swear. কসম খাওয়া v. to swear, to take an oath. খোদার কসম int. in God's name. 3)

(p. 208) kartṛbarga the authorities. 7)

(p. 215) kāōẏāja training in the use of guns; parade. 21)

(p. 203) kama2 deficient, short; less; small (in amount or degree); a few, not many; a little, not much; inadequate; inefficient, inexpert, inferior (লাঠিবাজিতেও কম নয়). কম করা v. to lessen, to curtail, to reduce, to decrease, to abate. কম পড়া v. to fall short (of); to run short (of); to be inadequate; to decrease. ̃জোর a. weak; weakened. ̃জোরি a. weak. n. weakness. ̃তি n. deficiency, shortage; smallness; fewness; inadequacy; inefficiency, inferiority. a. inefficient, inexpert, inferior (সে কমতি কীসে ?). ̃পোক্ত a. not very strong, somewhat frail or weak. ̃বেশি a. & adv. more or less. ˜সম a. not many or much; restrained; moderate. ̃পক্ষে, কমসে কম adv. at least. 4)

(p. 243) kumbhamēlā a duodecennial religious gathering of ascetics at one of the 4 holy places—Haridwar, Ujjaini, Nasik, Allahabad (Prayag). 34)

(p. 220) kāti a knife or saw for cutting conchs and shells, a conch-cutter, a shell-cutter. 57)

(p. 228) kālatraẏa the three ages past, present and future. 70)

(p. 248) kusuma2 a flower; menstruation, menses; a disease of the eye, the yolk of an egg. ̃কলি, ̃কলিকা, ̃কোরক n. a flower-bud. ̃কার্মুক, ̃চাপ, ̃ধনু, ̃ধন্বা n. appellation of Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love whose bow is made of flowers. ̃কোমল ̃পেলব a. as soft as a flower. ̃দাম n. a flower-wreath, a garland of flowers. ̃বাস n. the scent or perfume of a flower. ̃মালিকা n. a small flower-wreath, a chaplet or small garland of flowers. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. a bed of flowers; a very soft bed; (fig.) ease and comfort. ̃স্তবক n. a bunch of flowers, a bouquet, a nosegay. কুসুমাকর, কুসুমাগম n. the season of flowers, the spring, the vernal season. কুসুমায়ুধ same as কুসুমকার্মুক । কুসুমাসব n. the juice or honey of flowers, the nectar of flowers. কুসুমাস্তীর্ণ a. strewn with flowers; (fig.) (of life) easy going, smooth. 8)

(p. 203) kamiśana a percentage paid to an agent, commission; (loos.) discount; a body of persons appointed to perform certain duties, a commission. 24)

(p. 220) kāṭānō to cause to be cut or hewn or cleft or chopped or carved or mown or lopped or trimmed or pared or amputated or incised or operated or dug or sunk or written out or painted or constructed or capped or recited or flowed or done; to refute (যুক্তি কাটানো); to clear up (দোষ কাটানো); to pass or spend (সময় কাটানো); to sell (বাজারে মাল কা়টানো); to get over, to overcome (দুঃখ কাটানো, বিপদ কাটানো). দোষ কাটানো v. to absolve, to exculpate, to exonerate. কাটিয়ে ওঠা v. to get over, to overcome. 32)

(p. 243) kurā, kurānō, kōrā, kōrānō to scrape (as the pulp of a coconut); to gnaw; to eat into (কুরে কুরে খাওয়া). 51)

(p. 243) kuruci bad or perverted taste. ̃পূর্ণ a. in bad taste; gross, indecent, vulgar. ̃সম্পন্ন a. having bad or perverted taste. 56)

(p. 232) kāsana a soup made of mustard-powder. 48)

(p. 194) kaṭi2 the waist; the loin; the hip. ̃তট, ̃দেশ same as কটি । ̃ত্র, ̃বন্ধ n. a waistband, a belt, a girdle. ̃ভূষণ n. an ornament worn as a girdle by women. ̃শূল, ̃বাত n. lumbago; sciatica. 25)