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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कष्टkaṣṭaa.Bad, evil, ill, wrong; रामहस्तमनुप्राप्य कष्टात् कष्टतरं गता R.15.43. 'gone from bad to worse', (reduced to a…

    [कष्-क्त]

    1. Bad, evil, ill, wrong; रामहस्तमनुप्राप्य कष्टात् कष्टतरं गता R.15.43. 'gone from bad to worse', (reduced to a wretched condition).
    2. Painful, grievous; मोहादभूत्कष्टतरः प्रबोधः R.14.56; कष्टोऽयं खलु भृत्य- भावः Ratn.1. full of cares; Ms.7.5; Māl.9.37; Y.3.29; कण्टा वृत्तिः पराधीना कष्टो वासो निराश्रयः । निर्धनो व्यवसायश्च सर्वकष्टा दरिद्रता ॥ Chān.59
    3. Difficult; स्त्रीषु कष्टोऽधिकारः V.3.1; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.
    4. Hard to subdue (as an enemy); स हि कष्टतरो रिपुः Ms.7.186; कष्टमाहुररिं बुधाः 21.
    5. Mischievous, hurtful, injurious; कष्टोऽनिलो हरति लम्पट एष नीवीम् Bhāg.5.2.14.
    6. Boding evil.
    7. Sorrowful, miserable.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ष्टम्

      1. Evil, difficulty, misery, suffering, hardship, pain; कष्टं खल्वनपत्यता Ś.6; धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः Pt.1.163 Vartious reading
      2. Sin, wickedness.
      3. Difficulty, effort; कष्टेन somehow or other.

    • -ष्टम् Indeclinable Alas ! Ah ! हा धिक् कष्टम्; हा कष्टं जरयाभिभूतपुरुषः पुत्रैरवज्ञा- यते Pt.4.78.

    • -आगत Adjective arrived or got with difficulty.

    • -कर Adjective giving pain, troublesome.

    • -कारः -कारकः the world (as the scene of miseries).

    • -तपस् Adjective one who practises hard penance; Ś.7.

    • -भागिनेयः a wife's sister's son.

    • -मातुलः a brother of a stepmother.

    • -संश्रय Adjective attended with troubles; आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः Pt.1.163;2.121.

    • -साध्य Adjective to be accomplished with difficulty.

    • -स्थानम् a bad station, a difficult or disagreeable place.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कष्टkaṣṭa[kash-ta] pp. bad; heavy, severe; miser able; forced, unnatural; pernicious, danger ous; n. evil, misfortune…

    [kash-ta] perfect passive participle bad; heavy, severe; miser able; forced, unnatural; pernicious, danger ous; neuter evil, misfortune, misery (kashtât kashtataram, worst of all evils): -m, instrumental, ablative, ˚--, with difficulty, only just; -m, interjection woe! often with dhik or hâ dhik; -tapas, adjective doing severe penance; -tara, comparative most dangerous or pernicious; -labhya, future participle passive hard to obtain; - ͜ adhika, adjective worse.

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  2. अतिकष्टatikaṣṭa[ati-kashta] a. very strict; worse than (ab.).

    [ati-kashta] adjective very strict; worse than (ablative).

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  3. अधिकष्टadhikaṣṭa[adhi-kashta] n. great misery.

    [adhi-kashta] neuter great misery.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कष्टkaṣṭamfn. (perhaps p.p. of √कष् Pa1n2. 7-2, 22 Vop. 26, 111 Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 6-2, 47), bad R.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (perhaps page and participlepage and participle of √कष् Pa1n2. 7-2, 22 Vop. 26, 111 Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 6-2, 47), bad R.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective ill, evil, wrong Mn. MBh. R. Sus3r. etc.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective painful Sus3r.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective grievous, severe, miserable Mn. xii, 78 Ya1jn5. iii, 29 Bhartr2.
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective difficult, troublesome Mn. vii, 186 and 210
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective worst Mn. vii, 50 and 51
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective pernicious, noxious, injurious Sus3r.
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective dangerous (Equivalent to कृच्छ्र) Pa1n2. 7-2, 22 Nal. xiii, 16
    9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective inaccessible (Equivalent to गहन) Pa1n2. 7-2, 22
    10. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective boding evil commentator or commentary on Pa1n2. 3-2, 188
    11. masculine gender "Name of a man" see काष्टायन
    12. masculine gender (in rhetoric) offending the ear Va1m. ii, 1, 6
    13. masculine gender forced, unnatural
    14. neuter gender a bad state of things, evil, wrong
    15. neuter gender pain, suffering, misery, wretchedness
    16. neuter gender trouble, difficulty
    17. neuter gender bodily exertion, strain, labour, toil, fatigue, weariness, hardship, uneasiness, inquietude (mental or bodily) R. Katha1s. Pan5cat. S3ak. Hit.
    18. neuter gender कष्टात्-कष्टम् or कष्टतरम्, worse than the worst
    19. neuter gender कष्टेन or कष्टात्, with great difficulty Pan5cat.
    20. neuter gender ah! woe! alas! MBh. R. Mr2icch.
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  2. अधिकष्टadhikaṣṭan. great misery, BhP.

    neuter gender great misery, BhP.

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  3. कष्टकरkaṣṭakaramf(ई)n. causing pain or trouble W.

    mf(ई)neuter gender causing pain or trouble W.

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  4. कष्टकारकkaṣṭakārakamfn. causing trouble L.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective causing trouble Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender the world Lexicographers
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  5. कष्टगुग्गुलkaṣṭaguggulam. a kind of perfume Comm. on VarBr2S.

    masculine gender a kind of perfume commentator or commentary on VarBr2S.

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  6. कष्टतपस्kaṣṭatapasm. one who practises severe austerities S3ak. 282, 2.

    masculine gender one who practises severe austerities S3ak. 282, 2.

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