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  • GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT TERMS--PART--7---ALPHABET--"K"

    Dear friends,
    Part-7 of the Glossary of Sanskrit terms--ALPHABET-"K" is given below.
    Varadarajan



    GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT TERMS--PART--7---ALPHABET--"K"

    K

    KABIR: Name of a saint.
    KAILASA: Mount Kailasa.
    KAIVALYA: Emancipation; state of absolute independence.
    KALA: Ray, part, aspect
    KALI YUGA: Age of Kali-the dark evil present age.
    KALPAS: Medicines intended for longevity and health.
    KALYANA: Auspicious.
    KAMA: Lust; desire.
    KAMALA: Lotus
    KAMALASANA: Lotus pose.
    KAMANDALU: A vessel carried by Hindu monks for keeping water.
    KAPALA: Skull
    KAPILA MUNI: Founder of Sankhya system of philosophy.
    KARANA: Causal.
    KARMA: Action (Sanchita: accumulated; Prarabdha: to be worked out in this life; Agami: being freshly formed)
    KARMA: Actions operating through the law of cause and effect. Click here for a discourse on Karma Yoga.
    KARMA-INDRIYAS: Organs of action - tongue, hands, feet, genital organ and anus.
    KARMA-KANDI: One who observes strictly the duties ordained in the scriptures.
    KARMASRAYA: Receptacle of actions.
    KARTAVYA: Duty.
    KARUNA: Compassion
    KARUNA: Mercy
    KARYA: Effect.
    KASHAYA: Hidden desires.
    KASHMIR: Name of a state in India.
    KASHTHA MAUNA: Observing silence in which thoughts are not communicated to others even in writing or by signs.
    KATHA: Name of an Upanishad.
    KAUPIN: Loincloth.
    KAUSTUBHA: Name of a gem worn by Lord Vishnu on His breast.
    KAVYAS: Poems.
    KAYAKALPA: Medical treatment for increasing longevity.
    KEVALA ASTI: Pure existence alone.
    KEVALA KUMBHAKA: Cessation of breath spontaneously
    KEVALA: Alone.
    KEVALOHAM: "I am Absolute."
    KHADDAR; KHADI: Hand-woven cloth.
    KHECHARI MUDRA: A kind of Hatha-Yogic practice.
    KHECHARI MUDRA: Applying elongated tongue to the posterior palate in Hatha Yoga
    KIRTAN: Singing devotional songs.
    KLESA: Affliction.
    KORAN: Holy scripture of the Muslims.
    KOSA: A sheath enclosing the Soul.
    KRISHNA: Incarnation of Lord Vishnu; teacher of the Gita.
    KRITA-KRITYA: One who has done everything; a liberated sage.
    KRIYA: A type of exercise in Hatha Yoga.
    KRIYA: Action
    KRODHA: Anger.
    KSHAMA: Forgiveness.
    KSHETRA: Place where food is distributed to Sannyasins.
    KSHIPTA: Wandering state of mind.
    KULA KUNDALINI: The primordial cosmic energy located in the individual.
    KUMBHAKA: Period between incoming and outgoing breath
    KUMBHAKA-Retention of breath.
    KUMBHAKARNA: Brother of the demon king Ravana -he used to sleep for six months.
    KUNDA: A kind of jasmine flower.
    KUNDALINI: Serpent: power coiled up at the Muladhara Chakra
    KUNDALINI: The primordial cosmic energy located in the individual.
    KUTASTHA: Immutable; Brhaman.
    KUTIR: A small cottage; hut.
    KUTIR: Living quarters (of a Sadhaka)



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