(p. 194) kaṇṭhi a necklace of the twigs of holy basil worn by Vaishnavas. কণ্ঠি ছেঁড়া to cast out a person from the Vaishnava sect. ̃ধারণ n. initiation into Vaishnavism; act of wearing the holy basil-necklace. ̃ধারী a. wearing a holy basil-necklace. n. a Vaishnava. ̃বদল n. the Vaishnava system of marriage in which the bridegroom and the bride exchange the holy basil-necklaces. 73)

(p. 220) kātāna a large knife or bill-hook (esp. for cutting metal-plates), a shearing tool. 55)

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

(p. 232) kāhāra1 (genit.) whose. 54)

(p. 208) kaṣaṭē same as কষাটে । see কষা2 । 103)

(p. 253) kēbalātmā pure-souled. n. God. 23)

(p. 240) kupātra an undeserving or undesirable or bad man; a man who cannot make a good husband, an unworthy husband or bridegroom. fem. কুপাত্রী । 64)

(p. 261) kaula born of good family; nobly born; born of a kulin (কুলীন) family; pertaining to a family or a clan or lineage, lineal; ancestral, hereditary. 4)

(p. 232) kālika pertaining to time; of a time; temporal; temporary; timely. 14)

(p. 208) kalami an edible aquatic plant (cp. Kalmia). 58)

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

(p. 208) kala4 a low sweet and indistinct sound, a sweet murmur; warble (of birds); babble (of streams). a. (of sound) sweet low and indistinct. ̃কণ্ঠ a. making a sweet low and indistinct sound; sweetly murmuring; warbling; babbling; sweet-voiced, sweet-toned; (fig.) composing sweet poems (কলকণ্ঠ কবি). fem. কলকণ্ঠী । ̃কল, ̃কলানি n. repeated sweet murmur or babble or warble, (usu. coll.) rapid loud talk. ̃কল করা ̃কলানো v. to murmur or babble or warble sweetly or repeatedly; (usu. coll.) to talk rapidly and loudly. ̃ঘোষ n. the cuckoo. ̃তান n. a sweet note. ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ same as কল4 (n.). ̃নাদী a. making a low sweet and indistinct sound, murmuring or babbling or warbling sweetly. fem. কলনাদিনী । ̃রব, ̃রোল n. confused loud noise as made by a multitude of people shouting and talking at a time, an uproar, a hullabaloo, tumult. ̃স্বন, ̃স্বর n. a low sweet and indistinct sound or voice, a sweet murmur or babble. a. murmuring or babbling sweetly. fem. কলস্বনা । ̃হংস n. the swan, the gander (fem. the goose); a small aquatic bird akin to the sandpiper. fem. কলহংসী । ̃হাস, ̃হাস্য n. a gentle articulate smile with a sweet cackling noise. n. fem. ̃হাসিনী one who smiles gently with a sweet cackling noise. ̃হাস্য করা v. to laugh cacklingly. 40)

(p. 194) kaḍ়ṅga a beggar's bowl or drinking bowl made of coconut shell. 40)

(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. 194) kaṇṭaka a thorn; a thistle; the spine of a fish; (fig.) an obstacle (সুখের কণ্টক); disgrace (কুলের কণ্টক); an insignificant adversary; a horripilation or goose-flesh. ̃ফল n. the jack-fruit or its tree. ̃ময় a. full of thorns; thorny. ̃যুক্ত a. thorny. ̃লতা n. a thorny creeper. কণ্টকে কণ্টকোদ্ধার করা to set a thief to catch a thief. ̃শয্যা n. a bed of thorns; (fig.) unbearable torment or anguish, extreme discomfort. 61)