कष्टkaṣṭaa.Bad, evil, ill, wrong; रामहस्तमनुप्राप्य कष्टात् कष्टतरं गता R.15.43. 'gone from bad to worse', (reduced to a…
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- Bad, evil, ill, wrong; रामहस्तमनुप्राप्य कष्टात् कष्टतरं गता R.15.43. 'gone from bad to worse', (reduced to a wretched condition).
- 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
- Difficult; स्त्रीषु कष्टोऽधिकारः V.3.1; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.
- Hard to subdue (as an enemy); स हि कष्टतरो रिपुः Ms.7.186; कष्टमाहुररिं बुधाः 21.
- Mischievous, hurtful, injurious; कष्टोऽनिलो हरति लम्पट एष नीवीम् Bhāg.5.2.14.
- Boding evil.
- Sorrowful, miserable.
Derived forms and compounds
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-ष्टम्
- Evil, difficulty, misery, suffering, hardship, pain; कष्टं खल्वनपत्यता Ś.6; धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः Pt.1.163 Vartious reading
- Sin, wickedness.
- Difficulty, effort; कष्टेन somehow or other.
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-ष्टम् Indeclinable Alas ! Ah ! हा धिक् कष्टम्; हा कष्टं जरयाभिभूतपुरुषः पुत्रैरवज्ञा- यते Pt.4.78.
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-आगत Adjective arrived or got with difficulty.
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-कर Adjective giving pain, troublesome.
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-कारः -कारकः the world (as the scene of miseries).
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-तपस् Adjective one who practises hard penance; Ś.7.
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-भागिनेयः a wife's sister's son.
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-मातुलः a brother of a stepmother.
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-संश्रय Adjective attended with troubles; आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः Pt.1.163;2.121.
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-साध्य Adjective to be accomplished with difficulty.
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-स्थानम् a bad station, a difficult or disagreeable place.
Source: Apte