कष्ट [ kaṣṭa ] [ kaṣṭa ] m. f. n. ( perhaps p.p. of √ [ kaṣ ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-2 , 22 Lit. Vop. 26 , 111 Lit. Kāś. on Lit. Pāṇ. 6-2 , 47) , bad Lit. R.

ill , evil , wrong Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Suśr.

painful Lit. Suśr.

grievous , severe , miserable Lit. Mn. xii , 78 Lit. Yājñ. iii , 29 Lit. Bhartṛ.

difficult , troublesome Lit. Mn. vii , 186 and 210

worst Lit. Mn. vii , 50 and 51

pernicious , noxious , injurious Lit. Suśr.

dangerous (= [ kṛcchra ] ) Lit. Pāṇ. 7-2 , 22 Lit. Nal. xiii , 16

inaccessible (= [ gahana ] ) Lit. Pāṇ. 7-2 , 22

boding evil Comm. on Lit. Pāṇ. 3-2 , 188

[ kaṣṭa ] m. " N. of a man " see [ kāṣṭāyana ]

(in rhetoric) offending the ear Lit. Vām. ii , 1 , 6

forced , unnatural

n. a bad state of things , evil , wrong

pain , suffering , misery , wretchedness

trouble , difficulty

bodily exertion , strain , labour , toil , fatigue , weariness , hardship , uneasiness , inquietude (mental or bodily) Lit. R. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Śak. Lit. Hit.

[ kaṣṭāt-kaṣṭam ] or [ kaṣṭataram ] , worse than the worst

[ kaṣṭena ] or [ kaṣṭāt ] , with great difficulty Lit. Pañcat.

[ kaṣṭam ] ind. an exclamation of grief or sorrow

n. ah! woe! alas! Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Mṛicch.