(p. 259) kōṣṭā jute. 16)

(p. 220) kāturi a tool or knife for paring metalplates, a metal-cutter. 59)

(p. 228) kālagaṅgā the river Yamuna (যমুনা). 61)

(p. 251) kṛṣāna a peasant; a farm-hand, a farmlabourer. fem. কৃষানি । 14)

(p. 220) kāṭanā act of spinning; a spinning wheel; a spinning-jenny; a spinning spindle or top. 19)

(p. 208) kalu an oil-man (esp. by caste). fem. কলুনি । কলুর বলদ (fig.) a person who blindly and mechanically drudges and undergoes extreme hardships for others but without any profit for himself. 79)

(p. 226) kāmākhyā the presiding goddess of Kamakhya (কামাখ্যা); a holy place in Assam. 22)

(p. 194) kaṭakinā stringency of rule or order; a conditional or periodical lease; resolve, determination, a promise. 16)

(p. 259) kaumāra boyhood; bachelorhood, bachelordom; celibacy; virginity; an unmarried son. a. relating to a boy or a bachelor. ̃ব্রত n. the vow of celibacy. ̃ভৃত্য, ̃ভৃত্যতন্ত্র n. (the Ayurvedic system of) midwifery and treatment of children's diseases. কৌমারী n. fem. an unmarried daughter; one's first wife; (myth.) one of the six nymphs who nursed Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়). 29)

(p. 194) kañcula an ornament for women's breast. 8)

(p. 228) kālagrāsa the jaws of death. কালগ্রাসে পতিত হওয়া v. to fall or be led into the jaws of death, to die or be killed. 62)

(p. 194) kaṇṭakīphala alt. spell. of কণ্টকিফল । 66)

(p. 248) kṛtāñjali having one's hands folded; in folded hands; having cupped one's palms. ̃পুটে adv. with one's palms formed into a cup, having cupped one's palms. ̃পূর্বক adv. with folded hands; having cupped one's palms (in supplication etc.). 43)

(p. 243) kumbhakarṇa the monstrous second brother of Ravana (রাবণ) as described in the Ramayana (he used to keep awake only for a day after sleeping for six months at a stretch); (hence—fig.) a man who sleeps overmuch. 32)

(p. 256) kōkila the cuckoo. fem. কোকিলা । কণ্ঠ a. as sweet-voiced as the cuckoo. fem. ̃কণ্ঠী । কোকিলাসন n. a sitting posture according to the yoga (যোগ) system. কোকিলেক্ষু n. a reddish variety of sugarcane. 19)