(p. 208) kaṣa a kind of astringent juice of some plants (কলার কষ); stain caused by this juice (কষ লাগা); tannin; touchstone. 102)

(p. 208) kaṣāẏa bitter or astringent juice or taste; tannic taste; tannin; decoction; dull red colour. a. of bitter or astringent taste; or tannic taste; dull red; reddish; dyed (esp. in red.) কষায়িত a. slightly reddened (রোষকষায়িত); dyed. 107)

(p. 208) kaṣā2 astringent; tight; strict, severe; niggardly, close-fisted; constipative (কষা ধাত); (of meat, fish etc.) signed in oil or fat and with spices. v. to try (gold etc.) on a streak-plate; to work out (a mathematical sum); to calculate (price etc.); to singe (meat, fish etc.) in oil or fat and with spices; to tighten; to bind tightly; to tan (hides); to make astringent. ̃কষি n. unswerving enforcement of rule, law etc; rigour, strictness; act of tightening; tugging and counter-tugging; higgling (দরকষাকষি); strained state, estrangement (মনকষাকষি). কষাকষি করা v. to enforce strictness or rigour; to tighten; to contest or try laboriously. দর কষাকষি করা v. to higgle, to chaffer. মন কষাকষি করা v. to estrange oneself (from); to quarrel (with). কষানো v. to singe meat; to tan (hides). কষাটে a. slightly astringent; (fig.) divested of taste or flavour; (fig.) loathsome, disgusting. কষা মাংস n. singed meat; meat cooked with oil and spices. 106)

(p. 327) grāha act of taking or receiving; seizure; appropriation; enlightenment; knowledge; cognition; comprehension; understanding; intelligence; solicitation or insistence; earnestness, zeal; the crocodile, the alligator, the shark etc. গ্রাহক a. one who takes or receives; one who buys or subscribes. n. a recipient; a buyer, subscriber. fem. গ্রাহিকা । গ্রাহকশ্রেণিভুক্ত করা v. to enlist or enrol as a subscriber. গ্রাহিতা n. practice of taking or receiving or seizing; (phys.) susceptibility (চৌম্বক গ্রাহিতা). গ্রাহী a. & n. one who or that which takes or receives; one who or that which seizes or appropriates; one who or that which comprehends or appreciates or acknowledges (গুণগ্রাহী); one who or that which attracts (চিত্তগ্রাহী); astringent. গ্রাহী সেল (phys.) a secondary cell. 28)

(p. 540) dhāraka one who or that which holds or contains or bears or carries; one who assists and corrects a reader of scriptures at a ritual; one who makes another recite mantras, that is scriptural verses; (an) astringent. ̃তা n. capacity; astringency. ̃ত্ব n. capacity. 16)

(p. 961) ṣaḍ়rasa six kinds of flavour or taste or tang (viz. sweet, sour, salt, pungent, astringent, bitter). 13)

(p. 963) saṅkōca contraction; curtailment (ব্যয় সংকোচ); hesitation, diffidence. সংকোচ করা v. to contract; to curtail, to cut down; to hesitate. সংকোচ বোধ করা v. to feel hesitation. মরণ সংকোচ n. rigor mortis. সংকোচক a. contracting; curtailing; astringent. সংকোচন n. contraction, curtailment; shutting; (phys.) compression. সংকোচনশীল a. contractile. সংকোচনীয় a. contractible. সংকোচশূন্য, সংকোচহীন a. unhesitating; unabashed; unscrupulous; shameless; smart, free. 28)

(p. 1020) suraballī an astringent herb. 26)