| Kailasa |
A mountain peak in the Himilayas, considered as the abode
of Lord Shiva. |
| Kaivalya |
Final emancipation. |
| Kaivalya
Pada |
The fourth and last part of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra,
dealing with Absolution. |
| Kalidasa |
The most renowned dramatist and poet in Sanskrit
literature, whose work ‘Sakuntala’ is universally
respected. |
| Kapila |
A
sage, the founder of the Saankhya system, one of the six orthodox
systems of Hindu philosophy. |
| Karma |
Action. |
| Karma
Marga |
The way of an active man towards
realization through action. |
| Karma
Yoga |
The achievement of union with
the Supreme Universal Soul through action. |
| Karmendriya |
Organs of excretion, generation,
hands, feet and speech. |
| Karna |
The ear, also one of the heroes
in the Mahabharata. |
| Karna
Pida |
Pressure around the ear. |
| Karuna |
Compassion, pity, tenderness. It
also implies devoted action to alleviate the suffering of the
afflicted ones. |
| Kathopanisad |
One of the principal Upanishads
in verse and in the form of a dialogue between the seeker Nachiketi
and Yama, the God of Death. |
| Kauravas |
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