(p. 228) kāraparadāja, kāraparadāra an armed attendant or follower. 20)

(p. 238) kugraha (astrol.) an unfavourable star, an evil star; (fig.) an object of trouble, a pest, a plague. 22)

(p. 232) kāhāra2 palanquin bearers; one of the backward castes amongst the Hindus; one of this caste. fem. কাহারনি । 55)

(p. 243) kurtā a small jacket or coat or shirt. লালকুর্তা n. the Red Shirts; patriotic and social welfare organization of NorthWest Frontier formed by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in India's pre-independence days. 61)

(p. 240) kunāma a bad name; ill fame, notoriety, ill repute. 51)

(p. 243) kumārikā the Cape Comorin; (rare) a twelve years old girl; (rare) an unmarried girl or woman, a maid, a virgin, a spinster. 23)

(p. 243) kumakuma a ball filled with red powder and scented water for sprinkling; a red paste made from saffron juice used by women as a cosmetic. 16)

(p. 237) kuinina, kuināina quinine. 8)

(p. 216) kān̐cakalā a species of plantain which is chiefly used in its green state; (joc.) nothing. আদায় কাঁচকলায় adv. & a. at loggerheads with, at daggers drawn. 3)

(p. 261) kkaṇa the jingling sound of a stringed musical instrument when played on or of metals (esp. metal ornaments) clashing together. ক্কণন n. act of making this sound; jingle; jingling. ক্কণিত a. jingled; jingling. ক্কণিত করা v. to jingle. 12)

(p. 239) kuñja2 decorative embroidery in the borders of a sari (শাড়ি), shawl etc. ̃দার a. embroidered.

(p. 194) kaḍ়tā tare. 42)

(p. 194) kaḍ়kaḍ় denoting: the sound of munching hard or of a loud rumbling noise (as of a clap of thunder); imaginary sound produced by the stiffening of anything glutinous (ভাত শুকিয়ে কড়কড় করছে). কড়কড়ানি n. any of the aforesaid sounds. কড়কড়ে a. giving out a sound that is caused by the stiffening of anything glutinous; hard and glutinous. 38)

(p. 243) kurukṣētra a place near New Delhi where the Kauravas (কৌরব) and the Pandavas (পাণ্ডব) of the Mahabharata fought each other; (fig.) a terrible fight or noisy quarrel or brawl (কুরুক্ষেত্র বেধেছে). কুরুক্ষেত্র ব্যাপার (fig.—often facet.) an affair as terrible as the fight of Kurukshetra (কুরুক্ষেত্র). 55)

(p. 253) kēlāsa2 crystal. কেলাসন n. crystallization. কেলাসিত a. crystallized. কেলাসিত করা v. to crystallize. ̃বিদ্যা n. crystallography. কেলাসিত শীলা n. crystalline rock. 44)