(p. 208) kalama1 a column of a newspaper, a book etc. 53)

(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. 240) kupuruṣa an unmanly man; a cowardly man, a coward; an ugly-looking man; a man of bad character. a. masc. bereft of manly qualities, unmanly; cowardly; ugly-looking; bad-charactered, immoral.

(p. 220) kādambarī1 a name of Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী); the female cuckoo; the female parrot. 63)

(p. 220) kāṭāi charges for cutting, hewing, lopping, mowing, spinning etc. a. charged for cutting, hewing, lopping, mowing, spinning etc. (কাটাই খরচ). 27)

(p. 240) kuṇṭha (chiefly used as a sfx.) disinclined to, unwilling, reluctant, afraid of, shy, recoiling (কর্মকুণ্ঠ, শ্রমকুণ্ঠ, ব্যয়কুণ্ঠ); hesitating; different; feeling delicacy. কুণ্ঠা n. hesitation, hesitancy; diffidence; feeling of delicacy; shyness; fear; recoil. কুণ্ঠাবোধ করা v. to feel delicacy; to feel shy; to hesitate. কুণ্ঠিত a. stricken with hesitation or diffidence; hesitating; feeling delicacy; feeling shy; shy; abashed; disinclined to, unwilling; reluctant, afraid of; recoiling from. fem. কুণ্ঠিতা । কুণ্ঠিত হওয়া v. to be stricken with hesitation or diffidence; to hesitate; to feel delicacy; to feel shy; to be abashed; to be disinclined to, to be unwilling or reluctant, to be afraid of; to recoil from. 32)

(p. 215) kān̐kurē gravelly, gritty; full of or mixed with stones.

(p. 261) kyāmbisa canvas. 26)

(p. 194) kaṭa1 denoting: the sound of cutting or biting a hard thing as a nut. ̃কটানি n. croaking; painful throbbing or drumming; harsh reproaches. কট কট int. denoting: repeated sounds of cutting or biting a hard thing; a croaking sound; repeated painful throbbing or drumming sound (কান কটকট); a harsh or blunt sound (কটকট করে বলা). কট কট করা v. to throb or drum painfully; to reproach harshly; (chiefly of frogs) to croak. ̃কটে a. giving out the sound as of cutting or biting a hard thing; throbbing or drumming painfully; given to reproaching harshly; croaking; heartrending or blunt (কটকটে কথা); frowning or terror-striking (কটকটে চাহনি). ̃মট int. expressing: anger, threat, frown (কটমট করে তাকানো). ̃মটে a. angry, frowning, sinister, terror-striking. 11)

(p. 243) kumbhamēlā a duodecennial religious gathering of ascetics at one of the 4 holy places—Haridwar, Ujjaini, Nasik, Allahabad (Prayag). 34)

(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. 208) kalērā cholera. 83)

(p. 194) kaṭāsē slightly brownish or tawny. 23)

(p. 248) kusumbha the safflower the juice of which is used in dyeing cloth etc. 11)

(p. 237) kīrtana narration (যশঃকীর্তন); glorification; celebration, extolment; act of singing in praise; a song in praise; act of singing the names of God; any of the songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) or act of singing these songs. কীর্তন করা, কীর্তন গাওয়া v. to sing songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); to narrate; to glorify; to celebrate, to extol; to sing in praise; to sing the names of God. কীর্তনাঙ্গ n. any of the modes of singing songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). কীর্তনীয় a. worthy of being narrated or celebrated; praiseworthy. কীর্তনীয়া,, (coll.) কীর্তনে n. a singer of songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). a. singing those songs. 2)