(p. 194) kañcuka, kañcu armour, a coat of mail; a modesty vest, bodice, brassiere; a slough or cast skin of a snake. 6)

(p. 220) kāṭanā act of spinning; a spinning wheel; a spinning-jenny; a spinning spindle or top. 19)

(p. 240) kuṭṭima a terrace; a paved or cemented floor (গৃহকুট্টিম); a mine of precious stones. 18)

(p. 220) kāṭākhāla an excavated watercourse or canal for irrigation or for inland navigation. 29)

(p. 262) klēśa trouble; sorrow; misery; pain. ক্লেশ দেওয়া v. to trouble; to distress; to inflict sorrow or misery (on); to pain. ক্লেশ পাওয়া to be distressed or afflicted; to suffer. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. troublesome; distressing; painful; difficult. ক্লেশাবহ same as ক্লেশদায়ক । ক্লেশার্জিত a. hard-earned. ক্লেশিত a. one who is being troubled or distressed or pained; troubled; sorrowful; in misery; afflicted, distressed; pained. 58)

(p. 208) kaśā a whip, a lash. v. to whip, to lash; to strike. ̃ঘাত n. whipping, lashing. কশাঘাত করা v. to whip, to lash, to flog. 97)

(p. 234) kiṣkindhyā, kiṣkindhā the land of the monkeys as described in the Ramayana. 54)

(p. 248) kūrma the tortoise, the turtle; the second of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃পুরাণ n. the name of the Purana (পুরাণ) narrating the exploits of the second incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃পৃষ্ঠ n. the back of a tortoise, a tortoise-shell. a. convex. 30)

(p. 228) kāruṇya kindness; mercy; compassion. 34)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭā a thorn, a prickle; any longish thing or instrument with a pointed end or ends (চুলের কাঁটা); a pointer (কম্পাসের কাঁটা, দাঁড়িপাল্লার কাঁটা); a fork (used in eating meals); a hand (ঘড়ির কাঁটা); a fishbone; gooseflesh (শীতে বা ভয়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া). কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলা v. (fig.) to set a thief to catch a thief. গায়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া to have gooseflesh; to have shivering, to shiver. পথের কাঁটা (fig.) an obstacle or snag. পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া (fig.) v. to prevent. ̃তার n. barbed wire. ̃নটে n. a variety of spinach. ̃বন n. a hedge full of prickly shrubs. ̃ময় a. thorny. কাঁটায় কাঁটায় adv. punctually; just at. 13)

(p. 232) kāśa2 a tall species of grass of which mats are made. ̃পুষ্প, ̃ফুল n. white flower of this grass; catkin. 38)

(p. 253) kērala Kerala, a south-Indian state; an inhabitant of Kerala (কেরল). 37)

(p. 194) kadukti obscene utterance or words; harsh words; filthy or foul language, abusive words; malicious words. 109)

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

(p. 208) karṣa2, karṣaṇa act of tilling; cultivation; act of drawing or attracting; attraction (বিপ্রকর্ষণ); act of pressing, pressure; act of rubbing (নিকষে কর্ষণ). কর্ষণ করা v. to till, to plough, to cultivate; to draw, to attract; to press; to rub. কর্ষক a. & n. one who or that which tills or attracts or presses or rubs. কর্ষণীয় a. ploughable, arable; attractable; that which can be pressed or rubbed; that which is to be ploughed or cultivated or drawn or attracted or pressed or rubbed. কর্ষিকা n. a tentacle. কর্ষিত a. ploughed, tilled, cultivated; drawn, attracted; pressed; rubbed. কর্ষী a. attracting; attractive. 36)