(p. 248) kṛcchra physical hardship, hard labour; austerity; austere vow or (religious) meditation or penance (কৃচ্ছ্র করা). a. austere (কৃচ্ছ্র ব্রত). ̃লব্ধ a. hard-earned. ̃সাধন n. a very austere vow or (religious) meditation or penance; extremely hard labour; practice of austerities, self-castigation. ̃সাধ্য a. requiring hard labour or practice or adoption of austerities. 36)

(p. 228) kārikā any treatise, esp. chronological and other than literary (কায়স্হকুলকারিকা); a short couplet having various meanings; an artistic work; artistry; workmanship. a. fem. of কারক । 27)

(p. 194) kaḍ়ikapālē lucky in making money, fortunate. 52)

(p. 243) kumāra2 a young boy; a son; a prince; a crown price; a prince-royal; Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়) the commander-in-chief of the heavenly hosts; an unmarried or celibate man, a bachelor. ̃ব্রত n. the vow of celibacy. 22)

(p. 251) kēcchā a scandal; malicious gossip; a story. 37)

(p. 202) kabula confessions; acknowledgement; promise. a. categorical, explicit; accepting the responsibility or consequence (কবুল জবাব); based on the defendant's admission of the plaintiff's claims (কবুল ডিক্রি); admitted; accepted; bound by promise. কবুল করা v. to confess; to admit, to acknowledge; to promise. কবুল হওয়া v. to be accepted; to be bound by promise. 19)

(p. 238) kukarma, kukārya a wicked act; a sinful act; a blameable act; a mischief. ̃কারী, কুর্কমা a. given to doing wicked or sinful or blameable act; given to mischief-making. n. a performer of a wicked or blameable act; a sinner; a mischief-maker, an evil-doer. কুকর্মান্বিত, কুকর্মাসক্ত a. given to doing wicked or sinful or blameable act. কুকর্মী a. same as কুকর্মকারী । n. a performer of a wicked or blameable act; a sinner; a mischief-maker; a bungler; a botcher. 11)

(p. 243) kuśa a kind of holy grass; Rama's son in the Ramayana; a mythological island. ̃পুত্তলি, ̃পুত্তলী, ̃পুত্তলিকা n. an effigy of a dead or living person made of this grass, a jackstraw. কুশপুত্তলি দাহ করা v. to burn an effigy (in order to express dislike against a person or to consummate cremation scripturally of a person who is believed to be dead but whose body has not been found). কুশ-পেয়ে a. having the tip of one's feet turned inside, suffering from knockfeet or pedis valgum. কুশাগ্র n. the tip of a blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. a. as pointed or sharp as the tip of a blade of kusha grass. কুশাগ্রধী, কুশাগ্রবুদ্ধি a. very sharp-witted, having very keen intelligence. কুশাগ্রীয় same as কুশাগ্র (a). কুশাঙ্কুর n. a sharp-pointed young shoot or blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. কুশাঙ্গুরী, কুশাঙ্গুরীয় n. a ring for the finger made of kusha grass (worn during the performance of a holy rite). কুশাসন n. a small mat made of kusha (কুশ) grass (used for sitting upon by holy persons or during the performance of a holy rite). 89)

(p. 259) kōṣā a small water-container (usu. made of copper) shaped like a canoe used in worship by Hindus; a small canoe-shaped boat. কোষাকুষি n. a canoeshaped water container and a small canoe-shaped spoon for taking water from a কোষা । 11)

(p. 206) karja debt, loan. কর্জ করা v. to borrow. কর্জ দেওয়া v. to lend. ̃পত্র n. a bond, a promissory note. ̃শোধ n. repayment of debt. 27)

(p. 220) kātāra a large crowd (কাতারে কাতারে লোক); a long row or line or file (কাতার দিয়ে দাঁড়ানো). 56)

(p. 228) kārśya thinness; slimness; leanness. 48)

(p. 204) karabha the young of an elephant; the camel or its young; the mule. fem. করভী ।

(p. 257) kōthā where. ̃ও adv. at or in any place, anywhere. কোথাও কোথাও at or in some places. ̃কার a. of or from which or what place; (in contempt.) of or from an unknown or contemptible place. ̃য় adv. & n. where. কোথা থেকে from where, whence, wherefrom. 9)

(p. 248) kūrmābatāra the second of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) assuming the form of a tortoise. 32)