Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [kaṣ-kta] 1 Bad, evil, ill, wrong; rāmahastamanuprāpya kaṣṭāt kaṣṭataraṃ gatā R. 15. 43 ‘gone from bad to worse’, (reduced to a wretched con- dition).
2 Painful, grievous; mo- hādabhūtkaṣṭataraḥ prabodhaḥ R. 14. 56; kaṣṭo'yaṃ khalu bhṛtyabhāvaḥ Ratn. 1 full of cares; Ms. 7. 50; Māl. 9. 37; Y. 3. 29; kaṣṭā vṛttiḥ parādhīnā kaṣṭo vāso nirāśrayaḥ. [Page0390-c+ 53] nirdhano vyavasāyaśca sarvakaṣṭā daridratā.. Chāṇ....