(p. 261) kkātha decoction. ক্কাথ করা v. to decoct. 13)

(p. 232) kālāpāhāḍ় (hist.) a Brahmin who after embracing Islam was turned into a notorious iconoclast; (fig.) an awful religious renegade, a decrier of current beliefs, a turbulent heretic. কালাপাহাড়ি a. of or like an awful religious renegade or a decrier of current beliefs; heretical. n. iconoclasm; heresy. 9)

(p. 253) kaichē (poet. & obs.) how. 58)

(p. 194) kapardī Lord Shiva (ref. to his ringlets). 142)

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

(p. 208) kaṣṭa grief, sorrow; trouble, difficulty; pain, suffering; labour, hard effort, toil (কষ্টার্জিত); hardship; want, privation. কষ্ট করা v. to labour hard, to endeavour laboriously, to toil; to take trouble, to take pains; to undergo hardships; to suffer. কষ্ট দেওয়া v. to give trouble, to put to difficulty; to put to inconvenience; to oppress, to cause suffering (to), to distress; to pain; to grieve. কষ্ট পাওয়া v. to get into trouble, to be in difficulty; to suffer (from); to be oppressed or distressed; to feel pain; to grieve (for, at); to be moved with pity or sympathy. ̃কর a. difficult, hard; troublesome; laborious, toilsome; painful; distressing; oppressive, vexatious. ̃কল্পনা n. a far-fetched or forced or laboured concept or thought. ̃কল্পিত a. far-fetched, forced. ̃দায়ক same as কষ্টকর । ̃ভোগ n. suffering. কষ্টভোগ করা v. to suffer. ̃সহ, ̃সহিষ্ণু a. painstaking; able to undergo hardships, inured to hardships. ̃সাধ্য same as কষ্টকর । 112)

(p. 234) kiṅṅkara a servant; a slave; an attendant, a follower. fem. কিংঙ্করী । 9)

(p. 192) kaṅka, kān̐ka the heron. 22)

(p. 208) kalāpa an ornament esp. one worn round the waist; a peacock's tail; a collection, a multitude (ক্রিয়াকলাপ). কলাপী n. the peacock. fem. কলাপিনী the peahen. 67)

(p. 262) krīḍ়ōdyāna a pleasure garden. 32)

(p. 208) kalā1 the plantain, the banana; (coll.) nothing, a mare's nest (তুমি আমার কলা করবে) কলা করা v. (coll.) to be able to do nothing or to be able to do no harm. কলা খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a banana; (coll.) to fail in an attempt. ̃গাছ n. a banana tree. কলা দেখানো v. (lit.) to show a plantain; to raise and show one's thumb defiantly or disdainfully; to deceive, to cheat, to befool, to hoodwink; to bite the thumb, to defy. কলাপোড়া খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a burnt banana; (coll.) to fail or be disappointed utterly. কলাবউ, কলাবৌ n. a young banana-plant dressed as a married lady and conceived as a female deity worshipped by Hindus; (loos.) wife of God Ganesha (গণেশ); (euph.) a woman with a long veil or an awkwardly bashful woman. কলার কাঁদি a cluster of plantains. কলার খোলা the curved bark of a banana-tree. কলার ছড়া a bunch of bananas, a row of plantains. কলার বাসনা the dried-up bark of a banana-tree. 62)

(p. 262) krōḍ়1 a ten million, a crore. a. ten million, crore. ̃পতি n. a multi-millionaire, a billionaire; an extremely wealthy man. 43)

(p. 243) kuru a mythological king of India; his descendants or line; a mythological kingdom (কুরুবর্ষ, কুরুদেশ). 54)

(p. 217) kān̐dunē given to weeping, lachrymose; causing tears. কাঁদুনে সুর a mournful or piteous note. 8)

(p. 253) kaibarta a caste amongst the Hindus (originally they were fishermen and peasants); a member of this caste. 62)