কৃষ্ণ : (p. 251) kṛṣṇa (myth.) an incarnation of God Vishnu or Narayana (নারায়ণ), Krishna who was one of the chief characters of the Mahabharata. a. black or deepblue or dark-complexioned (কৃষ্ণকায়, কৃষ্ণমেঘ); dark, gloomy (কৃষ্ণরাত্রি). কৃষ্ণ পাওয়া v. (usu. sarcas.) to have access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) after one's death; to die. ̃কলি n. a flower-plant; its flower. ̃কায় a. dark-complexioned. ̃চন্দন n. the white Sandalwood, Santalum album. ̃চূড়া n. a flowering shrub; its red-coloured flower. ̃জীরে, ̃জীরক n. the black cummin. ̃তা n. blackness. ̃তিথি n. any of the lunar days of the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষীয় a. of the dark fortnight. ̃প্রাপ্তি n. access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); death. ̃বর্ণ a. black, dark-coloured. n. black or dark colour. ̃বর্ত্মা n. fire; (myth. & astro.) the dragon's head, the ascending node. ˜ভক্ত a. devoted to Lord Krishna. n. a devotee of Lord Krishna. ̃মুগ n. a black variety of pigeon-pulse. ̃যাত্রা n. any of the openair dramatic performances enacting the life and activities of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃লোহিত a. & n. purple. ˜লৌহ n. a magnet. ̃সর্প n. a venomous black snake, the krait. ̃সার, ̃শার n. the antelope. ̃সারথি n. Arjuna (অর্জুন) of whom Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) is the charioteer as told in the Mahabharata. ̃সীস n. graphite, black lead. কৃষ্ণা a. fem. dark complexioned. n. a name of Draupadi (দ্রৌপদী) of the Mahabharata. কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ n. the black-skinned; the black people. a. black-skinned. opp. শ্বেতাঙ্গ । কৃষ্ণাগুরু same as কৃষ্ণচন্দন । কৃষ্ণাজিন n. skin of an antelope. কৃষ্ণাভ a. blackish; bluish; darkish. কৃষ্ণাষ্টমী n. the birth-day of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); the eighth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র). 19)

(p. 232) kālimā blackness; darkness, gloom (মনের কালিমা); blemish; disrepute, a stigma (চরিত্রের কালিমা). ̃ময় a. dark, darkened with stigma; stigmatized; disgraceful, defamed. 21)

(p. 234) kimpuruṣa a Kinnar (কিন্নর); (myth.) a province of ancient India or a country in the neighbourhood of India. 32)

(p. 208) kaśidā embroidery. 100)

(p. 225) kāpa2 one of a section of the Brahmans (ব্রাহ্মণ); dissimulation, pretence, feigning. a. dissimulating, disguised; pretending, feigning; hypocritical; funny, mirth-provoking. কাপ করা v. to pretend, to feign. 5)

(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. 253) kailāsabāsinī one who resides on the Kailasa mountain. n. fem. an appellation of the Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) 65)

(p. 194) kadabhyāsa a bad habit. 96)

(p. 243) kumōra a potter, a claymodeller. ̃শালা n. a potter's workshop. কুমোরের চাক the potter's wheel. কুমোরের মাটি potter's clay. 29)

(p. 243) kumārī an unmarried girl or woman, a maid, a maiden; a virgin, a spinster; a feme sole, a daughter; a princess. কুমারীত্ব n. virginity; maidenhood. কুমারী নাম n. a patronym. 24)

(p. 194) kandala1 bulbous, tuberous. 129)

(p. 243) kuruci bad or perverted taste. ̃পূর্ণ a. in bad taste; gross, indecent, vulgar. ̃সম্পন্ন a. having bad or perverted taste. 56)

(p. 208) kalēbara the body; the shape or form. 82)

(p. 240) kuṇṭha (chiefly used as a sfx.) disinclined to, unwilling, reluctant, afraid of, shy, recoiling (কর্মকুণ্ঠ, শ্রমকুণ্ঠ, ব্যয়কুণ্ঠ); hesitating; different; feeling delicacy. কুণ্ঠা n. hesitation, hesitancy; diffidence; feeling of delicacy; shyness; fear; recoil. কুণ্ঠাবোধ করা v. to feel delicacy; to feel shy; to hesitate. কুণ্ঠিত a. stricken with hesitation or diffidence; hesitating; feeling delicacy; feeling shy; shy; abashed; disinclined to, unwilling; reluctant, afraid of; recoiling from. fem. কুণ্ঠিতা । কুণ্ঠিত হওয়া v. to be stricken with hesitation or diffidence; to hesitate; to feel delicacy; to feel shy; to be abashed; to be disinclined to, to be unwilling or reluctant, to be afraid of; to recoil from. 32)

(p. 226) kāmaḍ় a bite; act of seizing with the teeth; grip, seizure (মরণকামড়); exorbitant or merciless demand (মহাজনের সুদের কামড়); pain (পেটের কামড়); strong desire (কামের কামড়). কামড় দেওয়া same as কামড়ানো । কামড়া v. (poet.) to bite, to seize with the teeth, to gripe, to seize. কামড়ানি n. biting; griping pain; strong desire. কামড়ানো v. to bite; to seize with the teeth, to gripe, to seize; to demand exorbitantly or mercilessly; to pain; to feel pain; to stick firmly to (মাটি কামড়ে পড়ে থাকা); to be stricken with strong desire. কামড়াকামড়ি n. mutual biting; mutual biting at or scrambling. 11)

(p. 194) kaḍ়ā2 a coin of smallest value (usu. denominated by cowries or small conch-shells), a cowrie, এক কড়া (to the) smallest amount or degree; an iota. ̃কিয়া n. a table for counting cowries from 1 to 1. ̃ক্রান্তি see ক্রান্তি । কড়ায় গণ্ডায় adv. to the last farthing; completely, thoroughly. 44)