(p. 259) kōhinura the famous diamond called kohinoor; (fig.) a very costly thing; (fig.) one's most valuable treasure; (fig.) the best specimen or person. 20)

(p. 226) kāmuka lustful, lascivious, libidinous, lewd. fem. কামুকা, কামুকী । 38)

(p. 228) kārtika the seventh month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of October to the middle of November); the name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces; an extremely goodlooking (young) man. কেলেকার্তিক, নবকার্তিক, লোহার কার্তিক n. (sarcas. or dero.) an extremely ugly man. কার্তিকী a. of the month of Kartik (কার্তিকী পূর্ণিমা). কার্তিকেয় n. name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces. 38)

(p. 248) kṛta done, made, performed (কৃতকর্ম); instituted, committed (কৃত অপরাধ); composed (ব্যাসকৃত মহাভারত); built, learnt, earned (কৃতবিদ্য); taken, accepted (কৃতদার); appointed, employed, engaged (কৃতদাস); fixed, settled (কৃতবেতন). ̃কর্ম n. a work done, a deed. ̃কর্মা n. one who has done a work or performed a feat. ̃কাম, ̃কার্য a. one who has succeeded in performing a task undertaken, one who has achieved one's end, successful. ̃কার্যতা n. success. ̃কৃত্য a. one who has been able to accomplish one's duty or task; a person who has had his education completed; well-educated, learned. ̃তীর্থ a. one who has done one's pilgrimage. ̃দার a. masc. one who has taken a wife, married. ̃দাস n. one who has been made a slave for a term, a bond-slave. fem. ̃দাসী । ̃ধী a. having firm resolve; having one's intellect sharpened; having intellectual sharpness or accomplishments. ̃নিশ্চয় a. thoroughly convinced; having firm resolve; thoroughly convinced of success. ̃নিশ্চয়তা n. thorough conviction; firm resolve; thorough conviction about success. ̃পূর্ব a. already done or accomplished. ̃বিদ্য a. one who has had his education completed; welleducated, learned. ̃বিদ্যতা n. (successful) completion of one's education; state of being well-educated or learned. ̃সংকল্প a. one who has resolved, determined; bent or intent upon. ̃সংকল্প হওয়া v. to resolve, to determine, to make up one's mind. 38)

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

(p. 204) karakā a grain of ice falling from the clouds, hailstone. ̃পাত n. sleet, hailstorm. 25)

(p. 253) kēṭhō2 a wooden vessel or trough. a. made of wood, wooden; (fig.) rough (কেঠো চেহারা). 2)

(p. 194) kaṇṭhi a necklace of the twigs of holy basil worn by Vaishnavas. কণ্ঠি ছেঁড়া to cast out a person from the Vaishnava sect. ̃ধারণ n. initiation into Vaishnavism; act of wearing the holy basil-necklace. ̃ধারী a. wearing a holy basil-necklace. n. a Vaishnava. ̃বদল n. the Vaishnava system of marriage in which the bridegroom and the bride exchange the holy basil-necklaces. 73)

(p. 194) kaṇṭakiphala the jack-fruit or its tree. 64)

(p. 248) kuharita resounded with the cooings of a cuckoo or cuckoos. 20)

(p. 257) kōmara the waist, the middle. কোমর বাঁধা v. (fig.) to gird up the loins. ̃বন্ধ n. a waist belt, a girdle. ̃ভর, ̃সমান a. & adv. up to the waist, waist-high, waistdeep. কোমরের বাত lumbago. 22)

(p. 237) kun̐ci a small broom or besom; a brush; a bristle. 17)

(p. 217) kāka the crow. fem. কাকী the female crow. ̃চক্ষু a. as transparent as a crow's eyes, (cp.) crystal-clear. ̃জোত্স্না n. dim or faint moonlight. ̃তন্দ্রা, ̃নিদ্রা n. wary nap or slumber. ̃তাড়ুয়া n. the scarecrow. ̃তালীয় a. (of two or more incidents) coincidental and seemingly related to one another as cause and effect; coincidental; successive but not causally connected. কাকতালীয় ন্যায় post hoc ergo propter hoc (after it, so because of it—a fallacious reasoning). ̃পক্ষ n. a lovelock. ̃পদ n. quotationmarks (' '); a caret (^). ̃পুচ্ছ n. the cuckoo. ̃ফল n. the margosa-tree, the nim. ̃বন্ধ্যা n. a woman who becomes pregnant but once. ̃ভেজা n. & v. getting or to get completely drenched (usu. in rainwater). ˜ভোর n. very early morning. ̃শীর্ষ n. a species of flowertree yielding flowers looking like ducks. ̃স্নান n. brief and careless bath. কাকের ছা বকের ছা extremely bad and illegible handwriting. 17)

(p. 234) kirīṭa a crown, a coronet, a diadem. কিরীটী a. wearing a crown or diadem, coroneted; crested. n. an appellation of Arjuna (অর্জুন) of the Mahabharata. fem. a. কিরীটিনী । 44)

(p. 192) kisana (obs. & poet.) of what description, how. 6)