কাষ্ঠ : (p. 232) kāṣṭha wood; timber. ̃কীট n. termite, white ant. ̃খণ্ড n. a piece of wood or log. ̃পাদুকা n. a (pair of) wooden sandals, a (pair of) clogs. ̃পুত্তলিকা n. a wooden doll or puppet; (fig.) a powerless man, a person with no real authority, a figurehead. ̃ফলক n. a board; a wooden tablet; a plank of wood. ̃বত্ a. (hard and insipid) like wood. ̃মঞ্চ n. a wooden platform. ̃মণ্ড n. woodpulp. ̃ময় a. wooden; woody. ̃মার্জার n. a squirrel. ̃ল a. wooden. ̃হাসি n. an affected smile (esp. for the sake of courtesy), a simper. 45)

(p. 208) kaśānō to whip, to slash, to flog; to beat. আচ্ছা দু ঘা কশানো to give a sound thrashing or drubbing, to drub. 99)

(p. 192) kacaḍ়ā thick rope, cable. 31)

(p. 243) kurara the osprey. fem. কুররী the female osprey. 48)

(p. 262) kramāṅka (phys.) calibre or its measurement. ক্রমাঙ্ক নির্ণয় করা v. to calibrate. ক্রমাঙ্কন n. calibration. 11)

(p. 237) kum̐ikum̐i expressing; the suppressed groaning sound of distress caused by hunger, cold, pain etc. কুঁইকুঁই করা v. to utter this sound, to groan. 10)

(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. 194) kaṭhina hard, firm; stiff; stern, strict; severe; difficult; cruel, merciless (কঠিন হৃদয়); tremendous, intense; solid (কঠিন পদার্থ); serious (কঠিন রোগ). fem. কঠিনা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. hardness, firmness; stiffness; sternness, strictness, severity; difficulty; cruelty, mercilessness; tremendousness, intensity; solidity; seriousness. 31)

(p. 206) karamacā a variety of sour fruit (it becomes crimson when ripe). 2)

(p. 216) kān̐ci1 short; below the standard (কাঁচি ওজন); closely woven, close-grained (কাঁচি ধুতি); unsweetened curd made of unboiled milk (কাঁচা দই). 8)

(p. 253) kēbala (theo. & phil.) sole, without a second, absolute, one and only one (কেবলপুরুষ); pure, unpolluted (কেবলাত্মা); only (ঈশ্বরই কেবল সহায়); unchanging, just (কেবল একই কথা); incessant; unmixed. adv. just, just now (কেবল এসেছি); incessantly (কেবল হাসছে). ̃ই adv. continuously, incessantly; only. 19)

(p. 208) kalpa1 almost, resembling (মৃতকল্প). 86)

(p. 194) kapiśa pale yellowish colour, mud-colour. a. pale yellow, mud-coloured. 154)

(p. 217) kākinī (facet.) the female crow. 22)

(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. 234) kiẏaddūra a short distance. adv. to a short distance. কিয়দ্দূরে adv. a short distance away, not far off. 37)