a kind of inferior, coarse cloth.

a woman of low moral qualities.

a hardworking woman.

= ಕಾಷ್ಠೆ.

unclean matter that soils; dirt; mud, mire, etc.

a fine-grained dark schist or jasper used for testing alloys of gold etc. by observing the colour of the mark which they make on it.

(fig.) any test of genuineness or value.

= ಕಾಷ್ಠೆ.

a dirty, filthy person.

a dry piece of wood or a stick.

a peg of wood, metal, etc., used esp. for fastening or holding things together; a bolt; a pin.

a stupid man.

(fig.) the state of being very lean.

an object or end that one strives to attain; an aim; a goal.

the final, culminating element or event in a series; highest point, the last limit; extremity; climax.

a quarter or region of the world; direction.

a limit; boundary; border.

a measure of time; (a duration, varying differently according to different systems - of eighteen, fifteen minutes or equal to eighteen winks).

the quality of excelling; excellence.

a favourable, comfortable situation or condition.

the quality or fact of being clear, obvious, apparent.

that which is difficult, strenuous; the quality or condition of being so; difficulty.

the condition of being miserable (as the life of a poor man).

a mean, morally degraded man.

great effort, exertion or tension; strain.

(dial.) the ill-feeling; hatred.

(dial.) the hair growing on the head or on the lower part of a maṇs face.

one of the hells.

a bad, evil word; an abuse.

ಕಷ್ಟ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಬರದೆ ಮರಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆಯೇ? kaṣta manuṣyanige barade marakke baruttadeyē? it is natural that one has to face hardships at some time or the other during his or her lifetime; facing problems in life is not unnatural.