(p. 240) kudhārā a bad custom, an unwholesome tradition. 48)

(p. 225) kāpāsa cotton. কাপাস গাছ n. the cotton-plant. See also কার্পাস । 10)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭāli kalā, kān̐ṭhāli kalā a superior variety of plantain. 16)

(p. 243) kuprabṛtti evil propensity, wicked inclination; evil or unwholesome mentality. 4)

(p. 220) kāntā wife; a lady-love, a mistress. 82)

(p. 257) kōtarā a loose or thin treacle or molasses of blackish colour and slightly bitter taste. 7)

(p. 234) kirabāni a mode of Indian classical music. 40)

(p. 234) kitaba a deceiver, a cheat, a chicaner; a swindler, a gambler; a gamester. 20)

(p. 262) kratu a holy sacrifice or oblation at which a fire is enkindled or a burnt-offering is given; the name of a Vedic sage or rishi (ঋষি) supposed to have been transformed into one of the group of stars forming the Great Bear of Ursa Major. ̃পুরুষ n. an appellation of Vishnu; the Kratu appellation of Vishnu. 4)

(p. 206) karitakarmā efficient and industrious; gogetting; smart. 12)

(p. 194) kaṭa1 denoting: the sound of cutting or biting a hard thing as a nut. ̃কটানি n. croaking; painful throbbing or drumming; harsh reproaches. কট কট int. denoting: repeated sounds of cutting or biting a hard thing; a croaking sound; repeated painful throbbing or drumming sound (কান কটকট); a harsh or blunt sound (কটকট করে বলা). কট কট করা v. to throb or drum painfully; to reproach harshly; (chiefly of frogs) to croak. ̃কটে a. giving out the sound as of cutting or biting a hard thing; throbbing or drumming painfully; given to reproaching harshly; croaking; heartrending or blunt (কটকটে কথা); frowning or terror-striking (কটকটে চাহনি). ̃মট int. expressing: anger, threat, frown (কটমট করে তাকানো). ̃মটে a. angry, frowning, sinister, terror-striking. 11)

(p. 248) kṛtitba proficiency, skill; credit; achievement. 51)

(p. 239) kujana a bad man, a wicked fellow. 24)

(p. 239) kuñcana curling; shrinking; wrinkling, shrivelling, wizening; contraction; curving, curvature; a curl; shrinkage; a wrinkling; a curve. 27)

(p. 238) kun̐ḍ়ē2 idle, lazy, slothful. ̃মি n. idleness, laziness, sloth. 2)