(p. 261) kaustubha (myth.) a precious stone that Narayana (নারায়ণ) wears on his bosom. 10)

(p. 253) kētana a flag, a banner, a standard; colours. 6)

(p. 194) kapōla the cheek. ̃কল্পনা n. false fancy; fanciful imagery or talk or depiction, figments of the imagination. ̃কল্পিত a. imaginary; fictitious. ̃দেশ n. the region of the cheek; the cheek. ̃রাগ n. a glow or flush of the cheek. 156)

(p. 237) kun̐kaḍ়ānō to shrink or cause to shrink; to shrivel or cause to shrivel; to recoil or cause to recoil. a. shrunk; shrivelled; recoiled. 11)

(p. 232) kālīna, kālīẏa,1 (used as a sfx.) of a particular time. 26)

(p. 253) kaiphiẏata what is said to account for something, a cause shown, an explanation. কৈফিয়ত কাটা v. to try to clear up a charge rather impertinently; (bookkeeping) to explain the difference between the debit and the credit side of an accounts book. কৈফিয়ত চাওয়া v. to bring to account, to call to account, to demand an explanation, to take to task. কৈফিয়ত দেওয়া v. to give an explanation. 61)

(p. 240) kunakha morbidity of the nails of hands and feet, felon; whitlow. কুনখী a. having morbid nails, suffering from felon or whitlow. 50)

(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. 231) kālabaiśākhī a storm or strong wind that rises in the afternoons of April and May, a nor'wester. 17)

(p. 261) kaurma of the tortoise. n. the name of the Purana narrating the history of the second incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) in the shape of a tortoise (কূর্ম) 3)

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

(p. 262) krūra merciless, unkind, hard-hearted; cruel, envious, malicious, spiteful; crooked; wicked; malignant. ̃কর্মা a. one who performs horrible or cruel deeds; merciless. ̃তা n. mercilessness, unkindness, hard-heartedness; cruelty; envy, malice, spite; crookedness; wickedness; malignance, malignancy. ̃মতি a. crooked-minded, malevolent. 38)

(p. 217) kācaghara a glass-house. 35)

(p. 217) kān̐ḍ়i a heap. 2)

(p. 237) kumphu a chinese style of karate, kung fu. 9)