(p. 248) kasīda interest on loan; the moneylending business or interest, usury. ̃জীবী n. a usurer, a money-lender on interest. ̃ব্যবহার n. usury; calculation of interest on loan. 7)

(p. 220) kāṭana act of cutting or hewing or cleaving or chopping or carving or mowing or lopping or trimming or paring or amputating or incising or operating or biting or eating or penning through or striking off or deducting or digging or sinking or drawing or painting or writing out or mending or sharpening or refuting or protesting or constructing or capping or reciting or picking or pinching or passing or dispelling or dispersing or lifting or giving the slip to or being sold or selling or being in demand or having recognition or flowing or coming out or being in the act of doing etc. (see কাটা v.). 18)

(p. 231) kālapuruṣa (myth.) an attendant or envoy of Yama, the god of death; (astr.) the Orion. 8)

(p. 243) kuśa a kind of holy grass; Rama's son in the Ramayana; a mythological island. ̃পুত্তলি, ̃পুত্তলী, ̃পুত্তলিকা n. an effigy of a dead or living person made of this grass, a jackstraw. কুশপুত্তলি দাহ করা v. to burn an effigy (in order to express dislike against a person or to consummate cremation scripturally of a person who is believed to be dead but whose body has not been found). কুশ-পেয়ে a. having the tip of one's feet turned inside, suffering from knockfeet or pedis valgum. কুশাগ্র n. the tip of a blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. a. as pointed or sharp as the tip of a blade of kusha grass. কুশাগ্রধী, কুশাগ্রবুদ্ধি a. very sharp-witted, having very keen intelligence. কুশাগ্রীয় same as কুশাগ্র (a). কুশাঙ্কুর n. a sharp-pointed young shoot or blade of kusha (কুশ) grass. কুশাঙ্গুরী, কুশাঙ্গুরীয় n. a ring for the finger made of kusha grass (worn during the performance of a holy rite). কুশাসন n. a small mat made of kusha (কুশ) grass (used for sitting upon by holy persons or during the performance of a holy rite). 89)

(p. 237) kun̐caki the groin. 15)

(p. 262) kruśakāṭhi, kruśakāṭi a crochet. 37)

(p. 257) kōdalānō to dig or to dig up with a spade. 11)

(p. 256) kōn̐cā the plaited end of the loincloth tucked at the front of the wearer. কোঁচা দুলিয়ে বেড়ানো to pass time idly shunning responsibility; to indulge in ludicrous foppishness. বাইরে কোঁচার পত্তন ভিতরে ছুঁচোর কেত্তন the ludicrous attempt of dressing oneself elegantly when one has no means of obtaining one's livelihood; a tawdry outside is the badge of poverty. 10)

(p. 217) kākubāda importunate request or solicitation, supplication or humble prayer. 26)

(p. 208) kaṣi a straight line drawn with a pen or pencil; a punctuation mark used in Bengali in place of a full stop; the part of the loincloth which is tied round the waist; a tender stone of green mango. 108)

(p. 217) kāgābagā destitute, wretched, abandoned; inconsistent, haphazard. n. such a person or thing. 31)

(p. 206) karaha (obs.) do. 4)

(p. 262) krama one of a series, a grade, order, sequence; procedure, a method, a form; a rule, a law, a directive; a syllabus (পাঠক্রম); succession (পর্যায়ক্রমে); a step or pace; course (কালক্রমে); a dilution (esp. of a Homoeopathic medicine). ক্রমণ n. act of pacing; act of walking, ambulation; act of going. ̃নিম্ন a. sloping downwards; declining or decreasing gradually; gradually lower or inferior. ̃নিম্নতা n. downward slope, declivity; gradual decline or decrease or descent; gradual lowness or inferiority. ̃পরিবর্তন n. gradual change. ̃পর্যায় n. grade or gradation. ̃বর্ধন n. gradual increase or development. ̃বর্ধমান a. increasing or developing gradually. ̃বর্ধিত a. increased or developed gradually. ̃বিকাশ n. gradual development, evolution. ̃বৃদ্ধি same as ক্রমবর্ধন । ̃ভঙ্গ n. break of continuity or serial order; disorder, confusion, jumble. ̃মাণ a. pacing or ambulating in a leisurely manner. ̃শ adv. gradually; seriatim. ̃সূক্ষ্ণ a. getting gradually thinner or subtler; tapering. ̃হ্রাসমান a. gradually decreasing or declining or waning; on the wave. ক্রমে ক্রমে same as ক্রমশ । 9)

(p. 228) kāruṇika kind; merciful; compassionate. 33)

(p. 259) kōlana (gr.) the colon (:). 6)