(p. 239) kuñcita curled, curling (কুঞ্চিত কেশ); shrunk; wrinkled, shrivelled, wizen; contracted; curved. কুঞ্চিত করা, কুঞ্চিত হওয়া v. to curl; to shrink; to wrinkle, to shrivel, to wizen; to contract; to curve. 30)

(p. 253) kēndra the centre (of or as of a circle); the principal place or station; (astrol.) the fourth or the seventh or the tenth house from the birth-house in the zodiac. ̃গত a. lying in or entered into the centre; central; (phys.) centric. ̃বিন্দু n. the centre; the central place; the headquarters. ̃বিমুখ, কেন্দ্রাতিগ, কেন্দ্রাপসারী a. (sc.) centrifugal. ̃শাসিত a. centrally administered. ̃স্হল n. the centre; the principal place or station, the headquarters. কেন্দ্রাভিগ, কেন্দ্রাভিগামী, কেন্দ্রাভিকর্ষী, কেন্দ্রাভিমুখ a. (sc.) centripetal. কেন্দ্রিত a. lying or placed or drawn in the centre; (sc.) centric. কেন্দ্রী a. central; (sc.) centric. কেন্দ্রীয় a. cen(কেন্দ্রীয় সরকার). কেন্দ্রীভূত a. centralized; lying in or brought into the centre; reduced to the centre. 17)

(p. 194) katthaka an Indian classical dance form. 85)

(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. 257) kōṭi ten million, a crore; the point or end of a sword or a bow or any similar object; a side, an edge; an end or extremity, a tip. a. ten million; innumerable, countless; (math.) ordinate. ̃কল্প n. a crore of days of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা) which is equal to 432 years of man; eternity. কোটিপতি, কোটীশ্বর n. a billionaire, a multimillionaire; an extremely wealthy man. 2)

(p. 215) kān̐kara a very small particle of stone, a coarse grain of sand, gravel, grit. কাঁকর দিয়ে ছাওয়া v. to gravel, to cobble. কাঁকরে ছাওয়া পথ n. a gravel-walk; a cobbled road. কাঁকরের খাদ n. a gravel-pit. 32)

(p. 243) kula1 the jujube. 66)

(p. 226) kābila competent, fit; grown up, of age. 2)

(p. 251) kṛṣaka a peasant, a husbandman, ploughman, a cultivator, a farmer. ̃ সম্প্রদায় n. the peasantry. 13)

(p. 237) kīla, kīlaka a bolt; a peg; a stake; a wedge; a nail; a probe. কীলকাকার a. wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneate; (of alphabetical letters) cuneiform, cuneatic. কীলকলিপি n. cuneiform writing. 6)

(p. 217) kān̐dha the shoulder; the neck. কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো v. to shrug, to shrug one's shoulder. কাঁধ দেওয়া, কাঁধ লাগানো v. to volunteer to shoulder a burden; to come forward to assistor cooperate. কাঁধ বদলানো v. to transfer a burden to another's shoulder or to one's other shoulder when feeling fatigued. কাঁধে করা, কাঁধে নেওয়া v. to place and carry upon one's shoulder, to bear upon one's shoulder, to shoulder. কাঁধের হাড় n. the scapula. কার কাঁধে দশটা মাধা who has the rashness to risk his head ? who'll dare? কাঁধাকাঁধি n. state of being carried or borne on shoulders of more than one person at a time. adv. being borne upon the shoulders of more than one person at a time; side by side, cheek by jowl. 10)

(p. 251) kṛṣṇa (myth.) an incarnation of God Vishnu or Narayana (নারায়ণ), Krishna who was one of the chief characters of the Mahabharata. a. black or deepblue or dark-complexioned (কৃষ্ণকায়, কৃষ্ণমেঘ); dark, gloomy (কৃষ্ণরাত্রি). কৃষ্ণ পাওয়া v. (usu. sarcas.) to have access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) after one's death; to die. ̃কলি n. a flower-plant; its flower. ̃কায় a. dark-complexioned. ̃চন্দন n. the white Sandalwood, Santalum album. ̃চূড়া n. a flowering shrub; its red-coloured flower. ̃জীরে, ̃জীরক n. the black cummin. ̃তা n. blackness. ̃তিথি n. any of the lunar days of the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষীয় a. of the dark fortnight. ̃প্রাপ্তি n. access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); death. ̃বর্ণ a. black, dark-coloured. n. black or dark colour. ̃বর্ত্মা n. fire; (myth. & astro.) the dragon's head, the ascending node. ˜ভক্ত a. devoted to Lord Krishna. n. a devotee of Lord Krishna. ̃মুগ n. a black variety of pigeon-pulse. ̃যাত্রা n. any of the openair dramatic performances enacting the life and activities of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃লোহিত a. & n. purple. ˜লৌহ n. a magnet. ̃সর্প n. a venomous black snake, the krait. ̃সার, ̃শার n. the antelope. ̃সারথি n. Arjuna (অর্জুন) of whom Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) is the charioteer as told in the Mahabharata. ̃সীস n. graphite, black lead. কৃষ্ণা a. fem. dark complexioned. n. a name of Draupadi (দ্রৌপদী) of the Mahabharata. কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ n. the black-skinned; the black people. a. black-skinned. opp. শ্বেতাঙ্গ । কৃষ্ণাগুরু same as কৃষ্ণচন্দন । কৃষ্ণাজিন n. skin of an antelope. কৃষ্ণাভ a. blackish; bluish; darkish. কৃষ্ণাষ্টমী n. the birth-day of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); the eighth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র). 19)

(p. 253) kētaka, kētakī the screwpine flower or its tree. 5)

(p. 194) kaḍ়cā a chronicle, a biography, a narrative; an account book containing details of rent payable by tenants, a descriptive rent-roll. 41)

(p. 192) kaṃsakāra a worker in bell metal (by trade or caste). 10)