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ಕಾಷ್ಠತೆ
♪ kāṣṭhate 🔊- :Noun
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                                the state of being or the quality of having the charecteristics of, a wooden piece, stick, etc.
 
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ಕಷ್ಟತೆ
♪ kaṣṭate 🔊- :Noun
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                                = ಕಷ್ಟತನ.
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                                the quality of being hard to understand; obscurity; abstruseness.
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                                (rhet.) absence of clarity in meaning, considered as a fault in a poetical work.