| | Kala | The manifestation of Krsna as eternal time. |
| | Kali | A goddess personifying the ghastly form of material nature. |
| | Kali-Yuga | The age of quarrel and ignorance, the fourth and most degraded age in the cycle of four yugas. Five thousand years of this current Kaliyuga have expired; 428,000 years remain. |
| | Kalki Avatara | Incarnation of Krsna, manifest at the end of Kali yuga. Appearing on a white horse, He will annihilate all the demons with His sword. |
| | Kāma | Desire, lust. |
| | Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu | The Mahaviṣṇu who lies within the causal ocean and breathes out innumerable universes. |
| | Karma | (1) material action performed according to scripture; (2) the chain of action and reaction. |
| | Karma Yoga | Linking to God by dedicating the fruits ofaction to Him. |
| | Karma-kāṇḍa | The division of the Vedas dealing with fruitive activities performed by materialists for purification and material success. |
| | Karmi | A materialist; one attached to the fruits of his labor. |
| | Kṛpaṇa | A miser; one who does not spend his life on spiritual realization. |
| | Kṣatriyaḥ | A warrior or administrator in the Vedic social system. Literally, a kṣatriyaḥ is one who protects others from harm. |
| | Kṣīrodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu | The Supersoul entering into the heart of every living being. He exists in and between every atom, and He is the source of many incarnations. |
| | Kuntha | The material universe. Literally, the place of anxiety. |
| | Kuntī | Mother of the five Pandavas, and great devotee of Lord Krsna. |
| | Kurukṣētra | Place of pilgrimage, north of modern New Delhi, where Bhagavad-gita was spoken and the great battle between the Kuruṣ and Pandavas took place. |
| | Kuruṣ | The one hundred sons of Dhrtarastra. |