(p. 243) kumbhakarṇa the monstrous second brother of Ravana (রাবণ) as described in the Ramayana (he used to keep awake only for a day after sleeping for six months at a stretch); (hence—fig.) a man who sleeps overmuch. 32)

(p. 226) kāmārta stricken with lust; inordinately love-sick; love-lorn. 31)

(p. 262) klinna besmeared with liquid filth; besmeared with any morbid matter secreted from within one's body such as sweat, pus, slaver etc.; soiled; wet, moist. 53)

(p. 243) kurtā a small jacket or coat or shirt. লালকুর্তা n. the Red Shirts; patriotic and social welfare organization of NorthWest Frontier formed by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in India's pre-independence days. 61)

(p. 220) kānāca outlying part at the back of a house (esp. where refuse and soil are deposited); the space under the eaves at the back of a house. 71)

(p. 262) krōdha anger, wrath, rage, fury; indignation. ̃ন, ̃পরায়ণ, ̃প্রবণ, ̃পরবশ a. easily angered; hot-tempered; sulky, wrathful. বহ্নি, ক্রোধাগ্নি, ক্রোধানল n. the fire of anger or rage; terrible anger or fury. ̃শান্তি n. appeasement of anger. ̃ভরে adv. angrily, in a fit of ill-temper, in a huff. ক্রোধান্ধ a. blind with rage. ক্রোধান্বিত, ক্রোধাবিষ্ট a. angered, furious, enraged. fem. ক্রোধান্বিতা, ক্রোধাবিষ্টা । ক্রোধাবেশ n. incitement of anger. ক্রোধী a. hot-tempered; sulky by nature. ক্রোধোদ্দীপক a. exciting anger. ক্রোধোদ্দীপন, ক্রোধোদ্রেক n. excitement of anger. ক্রোধোন্মত্ত a. mad or maddened with rage, furiously angry, livid with rage. ক্রোধোপশম same as ক্রোধশান্তি । 45)

(p. 232) kāśyapēẏa a son or descendant of the great sage Kashyapa (কশ্যপ); the sun personified; Garuda (গরুড়). 43)

(p. 238) kun̐da a (turner's) lathe; a variety of multi-petalled jasmine. 4)

(p. 259) kaumāra boyhood; bachelorhood, bachelordom; celibacy; virginity; an unmarried son. a. relating to a boy or a bachelor. ̃ব্রত n. the vow of celibacy. ̃ভৃত্য, ̃ভৃত্যতন্ত্র n. (the Ayurvedic system of) midwifery and treatment of children's diseases. কৌমারী n. fem. an unmarried daughter; one's first wife; (myth.) one of the six nymphs who nursed Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়). 29)

(p. 228) kārakhānā-paridarśaka inspector of factories. 12)

(p. 217) kān̐dana, kān̐dani (usu. dero.) act or a spell of weeping; (usu. dero.) lamentation or complaint; humble and importunate solicitation. কাঁদুনি গাওয়া v. to solicit humbly and importunately; to lament or complain. 4)

(p. 208) kalāpa an ornament esp. one worn round the waist; a peacock's tail; a collection, a multitude (ক্রিয়াকলাপ). কলাপী n. the peacock. fem. কলাপিনী the peahen. 67)

(p. 259) kōṣṭha a room, a compartment; the inner part of a (dwelling) house; a granary; the large bowel, the colon (কোষ্ঠ পরিস্কার করা). কোষ্ঠ কঠিন হওয়া v. to have costiveness. কোষ্ঠ পরিস্কার করা v. to evacuate thoroughly. কোষ্ঠ পরিস্কার হওয়া v. to have bowels cleared; to have an easy or regular evacuation of one's bowels. ̃কাঠিন্য n. constipation, costiveness. ̃বদ্ধ a. constipated. কোষ্ঠবদ্ধ হওয়া v. to get constipated; to suffer from constipation. ̃বদ্ধতা n. constipation. ̃শুদ্ধি n. thorough or easy evacuation or purging of one's bowels. 17)

(p. 240) kuḍ়āni one who draws together and picks up what is lying scattered (পাতাকুড়ানি). 28)

(p. 203) kama2 deficient, short; less; small (in amount or degree); a few, not many; a little, not much; inadequate; inefficient, inexpert, inferior (লাঠিবাজিতেও কম নয়). কম করা v. to lessen, to curtail, to reduce, to decrease, to abate. কম পড়া v. to fall short (of); to run short (of); to be inadequate; to decrease. ̃জোর a. weak; weakened. ̃জোরি a. weak. n. weakness. ̃তি n. deficiency, shortage; smallness; fewness; inadequacy; inefficiency, inferiority. a. inefficient, inexpert, inferior (সে কমতি কীসে ?). ̃পোক্ত a. not very strong, somewhat frail or weak. ̃বেশি a. & adv. more or less. ˜সম a. not many or much; restrained; moderate. ̃পক্ষে, কমসে কম adv. at least. 4)