(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. 228) kārakhānā a workshop, a factory, a mill. 11)

(p. 262) krōśa a measure of length or distance equal to 8 cubits or a little more than two miles or three kilometres. 46)

(p. 208) kalasa, kalasi a pitcher made of earth or metal. কলসাকার a. urceolate, pitchershaped. 60)

(p. 220) kāntāra a deep forest; a road not easily accessible, an impassable road.

(p. 194) kaṇṭakita full of thorns, thorny; pricking as thorns, prickly; horripilated. 63)

(p. 220) kāṭhinya hardness, solidity; inflexibility; firmness; harshness; hard-handedness, severity; hard-heartedness, mercilessness, cruelty. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. hardened; thickened; solidified. 41)

(p. 194) kaṇṭhauṣṭhya (gr.) both guttural and labial, gutturo-labial. 75)

(p. 220) kāni a rag. 75)

(p. 215) kān̐kana a bangle; a bracelet. 30)

(p. 259) kaumāra boyhood; bachelorhood, bachelordom; celibacy; virginity; an unmarried son. a. relating to a boy or a bachelor. ̃ব্রত n. the vow of celibacy. ̃ভৃত্য, ̃ভৃত্যতন্ত্র n. (the Ayurvedic system of) midwifery and treatment of children's diseases. কৌমারী n. fem. an unmarried daughter; one's first wife; (myth.) one of the six nymphs who nursed Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়). 29)

(p. 208) kaliṅga Orissa including the Dravidian region on its south. 75)

(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. 234) ki (used as an auxiliary interrogative word. (তুমি কি যাবে ? = will you go ?); whether (কি বালক কি বৃদ্ধ). 3)

(p. 202) kabahu kabahu (poet.) at any time; ever. 12)