kaivalya
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the state of liberation, or emancipation.
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Kalidasa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The most celebrated poet and dramatist of the "classical" period of Sanskrit.
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kalpa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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One of the six Vedangas; it is usually referred to as a "manual of rituals".
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kalpavrksa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Celestial tree that yields all desires
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Kama
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Desire; one of the purusārthas ; god of love
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Kamadhenu
(alternate spellings: Kamaduh)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Celestial cow that grants all desires.
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Kamban
(alternate spellings: Kambar)
(Language: Tamil)
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Called the "emperor of poets", he is the author of the Tamil Ramayana (or Ramavataram).
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Kannagi
(Language: Tamil)
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A character in Silappadikram, by Ilango Acligall. Also, "Wife goddess", a model of chastity.
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Kannappa
(alternate spellings: Kannappar)
(Language: Tamil)
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A hunter who dug out one of his eyes to be offered to Siva at Kalahasti.
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karana-sharira
(alternate spellings: karana-sarira)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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the causal body; identical with ānandamaya-kosha.
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Karikala Chola
(Language: Tamil)
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One of the builders of the Chola empire (2nd century C.E.), he was "as great in war as in peace."
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karma
(alternate spellings: kamma (Pali), karman)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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action; the effects of past actions; the law of cause and effect ("as a man sows, so shall he reap")
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Karma-kanda
(Language: Sanskrit)
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the ritual portion of the Vedas
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karma-marga
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Hinduism, the spiritual “path” (mārga) of “action” (karma) or righteous deeds
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karma-yoga
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Hinduism, the spiritual path of action.
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karmendriya
(Language: Sanskrit)
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the organs of action.
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Karta
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Creator, God; one who performs a religious function
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kazhakkodi
(Language: Tamil)
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It is a grey-coloured seed that resembles a marble
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ketaki
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The screwpine flower.
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khadira
(Language: Sanskrit, Latin)
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Acacia catechu.
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Koccenkot Chola
(Language: Tamil)
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A Chola king who was a builder of temples and is regarded as a Nayanar.
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kovalan
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See under " Kannagi".
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Krita Yuga
(alternate spellings: Satya Yuga)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Hinduism, the first yuga in a given cycle of time; the Golden Age.
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kshatriya
(alternate spellings: ksatriya)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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a member of the second highest of the four Hindu castes
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Kumarilabhatta
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Great mimārirsaka and senior contemporary of Sankara Bhagavatpāda.
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kumbhabhiseka
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Sanctifying ceremony connected with the building renovation or reconstruction of a temple and the installation of a deity
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Kun Pandyan
(Language: Tamil)
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Jnanasarihbandhar (qv) is said to have removed the hunch (kin) of this Pandyan ruler and made him upright.
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Kural
(alternate spellings: Tirukkural)
(Language: Tamil)
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One of the most widely known Tamil classics, it consists of 1,330 stanzas and deals with ethics and morality
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kurapudavai
(Language: Tamil)
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The 18-cubit sari worn by the Tamil Brahmin bride
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kuteechaka
(alternate spellings: kuteecaka, kuticaka, kuticaka)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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a resident renunciate (sannyāsin) who remains fixed to one abode
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