(p. 243) kumbhaka a physio-religious practice of controlling or suspending one's breath. 31)

(p. 203) kamā1 (gr.) a comma (,). 20)

(p. 240) kuta toll. ̃ঘর n. a toll-house on a waterway. ̃ঘাট, ̃ঘাটা n. a toll station on a waterway. 35)

(p. 256) kōkō cocoa. 21)

(p. 253) kēbala-hāsi given to laughing overmuch or always. 21)

(p. 194) kaṇā, kaṇikā a very small or fine particle; a grain of dust or powder; a grain of corn. কণাকার a. granular. 59)

(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. 259) kōrmā a kind of highly-spiced grilled curry of meat or fish or eggs. 3)

(p. 234) kisamata luck, lot; destiny. 56)

(p. 194) kañculikā, kañculī bodice, brassiere, a modesty vest. 9)

(p. 253) kēśa hair. ̃কর্তন n. haircut.কেশকর্তন করা v. to cut one's hair; to have a haircut. ̃কলাপ, ̃গুচ্ছ, ̃দাম, ̃পাশ n. a lock or tuft of hair; a tress. ̃কীট n. a louse. ̃গ্রহ, ̃গ্রহণ n. act of seizing by the hair. ̃তৈল n. hair-oil. ̃প্রসাধন, ̃বিন্যাস n. hairdressing; act of combing and plaiting hair; tressing hair; act of putting up hair. কেশপ্রসাধন করা, কেশবিন্যাস করা v. to dress one's hair; to comb and plait one's hair; to tress one's hair; to put up one's hair. ̃বতী a. fem. one with long and beautiful hair. n. a woman having long and beautiful hair. ̃বন্ধ, ̃বন্ধনী n. hair-band. ̃বর্ধন n. the growth of one's hair. ̃মুণ্ডন n. act of shaving one's head; tonsuring. কেশমুণ্ডন করা v. to shave one's head; to tonsure. ̃সংস্কার same as কেশপ্রসাধন । ̃স্পর্শ n. touching one's hair; (fig.) act of doing the least harm to. কেশস্পর্শ করা v. to touch one's hair; (fig.) to do one the least harm, to harm in the least. ̃হীন a. with the scalp wholly hairless, bald. 49)

(p. 194) kandala1 bulbous, tuberous. 129)

(p. 203) kamalālaẏā an appellation of Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী). 15)

(p. 208) kalēja a college. কলেজি শিক্ষা n. college education. 81)

(p. 202) kabaẏī the walking or climbing fish, the anabas. 5)