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KalaThe manifestation of Krsna as eternal time.
KaliA goddess personifying the ghastly form of material nature.
Kali-YugaThe 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 AvataraIncarnation of Krsna, manifest at the end of Kali yuga. Appearing on a white horse, He will annihilate all the demons with His sword.
KāmaDesire, lust.
Kāraṇodakaśāyī ViṣṇuThe 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 YogaLinking to God by dedicating the fruits ofaction to Him.
Karma-kāṇḍaThe division of the Vedas dealing with fruitive activities performed by materialists for purification and material success.
KarmiA materialist; one attached to the fruits of his labor.
KṛpaṇaA miser; one who does not spend his life on spiritual realization.
KṣatriyaḥA warrior or administrator in the Vedic social system. Literally, a kṣatriyaḥ is one who protects others from harm.
Kṣīrodakaśāyī-ViṣṇuThe Supersoul entering into the heart of every living being. He exists in and between every atom, and He is the source of many incarnations.
KunthaThe material universe. Literally, the place of anxiety.
KuntīMother of the five Pandavas, and great devotee of Lord Krsna.
KurukṣētraPlace of pilgrimage, north of modern New Delhi, where Bhagavad-gita was spoken and the great battle between the Kuruṣ and Pandavas took place.
KuruṣThe one hundred sons of Dhrtarastra.
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