(p. 208) kalamaci an amanuensis; a scribe, a copyist. 56)

(p. 203) kamanīẏa lovely, graceful; pleasant; charming; desirable. fem. কমনীয়া । কমনীয়তা n. loveliness, gracefulness; grace; pleasantness; charm; desirability. 7)

(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)

(p. 203) kamalāgun̐ḍ়i an orange-coloured fruitdust used to dye cloth. 13)

(p. 194) kanui the elbow. কনুই দিয়ে গুঁতানো v. to elbow, to jostle. 121)

(p. 248) kusbabhāba bad nature or conduct or character. a. ill-natured; of bad conduct or character. fem. a কুস্বভাবা । 14)

(p. 237) kun̐ḍ়ē1 a (usu. small) thatched hut; a poorly made hut, a hovel, a shanty.

(p. 228) kāruṇika kind; merciful; compassionate. 33)

(p. 228) kāruṇya kindness; mercy; compassion. 34)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭācuẏā the hedgehog. 14)

(p. 262) krakaca a saw. 3)

(p. 243) kurukṣētra a place near New Delhi where the Kauravas (কৌরব) and the Pandavas (পাণ্ডব) of the Mahabharata fought each other; (fig.) a terrible fight or noisy quarrel or brawl (কুরুক্ষেত্র বেধেছে). কুরুক্ষেত্র ব্যাপার (fig.—often facet.) an affair as terrible as the fight of Kurukshetra (কুরুক্ষেত্র). 55)

(p. 243) kumati a wicked or harmful inclination or thought or design; evil design; evil counsel. a. having such inclination or thought or design. 18)

(p. 192) kacu an esculant edible root; (contem.) a mere trifle, nothing. কচু করা v. to be able to do nothing; to be able to do no harm. কচু খাওয়া v. (contem.) to eat or get nothing, to be disappointed. কচু বোঝা v. to fail utterly to understand or comprehend. ̃কাটা a. chopped easily at will; chopped fine; hashed. কচুকাটা করা v. to chop or hash with ease and at will; to chop fine. ̃ঘেচু n. pl. worthless vegetables; vegetables not normally edible; trifles. ̃পোড়া n. anything inedible; nothing. দুঃখ না কচু no genuine sorrow but a mere show of it. 40)

(p. 262) kraldasī the sky and the earth, heaven and earth. 6)