(p. 194) kaṭhina hard, firm; stiff; stern, strict; severe; difficult; cruel, merciless (কঠিন হৃদয়); tremendous, intense; solid (কঠিন পদার্থ); serious (কঠিন রোগ). fem. কঠিনা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. hardness, firmness; stiffness; sternness, strictness, severity; difficulty; cruelty, mercilessness; tremendousness, intensity; solidity; seriousness. 31)

(p. 495) dārḍhya firmness; steadiness; unyieldingness; hardness; stiffness; strictness.

(p. 507) durūha difficult, hard; stiff; incapable of being solved by arguments; difficult to know or cognize or comprehend; abstruse. ̃তা n. difficulty in understanding; stiffness; abstruseness. 10)

(p. 522) draḍh়imā hardness; stiffness; toughness; firmness; steadiness. 95)

(p. 1030) stambha a pillar, a post; a perpendicular section of a page or of a table, a column; stupor; motionlessness; stiffness; stagnancy; stagnation; stopping. স্তম্ভক n. a cylinder. স্তম্ভন n. stupefaction; act of causing to fall in a stupor; act of making motionless or stagnant; stiffening; stopping; act of making immobile or powerless by means of occult incantation etc. স্ভম্ভাকার a. shaped like a pillar; columnal; cylindrical. 20)