ALL ABOUT YOGA FROM 'K'
Kabir (कबीर) - 15th-16th century poet, devotee of Lord Rama
Kaivalya (कैवल्य) - eternal emancipation / absolute state of aloneness
Kaivalya Paada (कैवल्य पाद)- fourth part of Yoga Sutra on Eternal Emancipation
Kaivalya Samadhi (कैवल्य समाधि) - highest state of samadhi
Kaaka Mudra (काक मुद्रा)- one of the gestures where tongue is rolled in to touch the upper palate
Kaaki Mudra (काकी मुद्रा) - crow’s beak gesture
Kalaa (कला) - one of the kanchukas, that shrinks universal authorship and limits agency
Kaala (काल) - time / period of time
Kaala Chakra (काल चक्र) - wheel of time / movement of movements
Kaala phala (काल फल) - fruit of time
Kaali / Kaalimaata (काली / कालीमाता) - goddess of destruction
Kaali Yug (काली युग) - the present age / last of the four ages in the cycle of the days in Brahma
Kalpa (कल्प) - period of 4,320,000,000 years, the day of Brahma in which 4 yugas recur 1000 times.
Kaama (काम) - desire / lust / third major aim of life
Kaamdeva (कामदेव) - God of sensual gratifications, also known as cupid
Kaama roopa (काम रूप) - named after kaamdeva / also refers to sexual organs
Kanchuka (कंचुक) - limiting aspects of cosmic shakti as maya
Kanda (कंद) - a bulbous root
Kandasthaana (कंदस्थान) - root centre of nadis in the navel region
Kanphatta Yogi (कनफट्ट योगी) - a sect of yogis tracing its lineage back to Gorakhnath, meaning “split ear yogi” as their ears were pierced and carried heavy rings, preferably made from rhinoceros horn.
Kantaka (कंटक) - thorn / point of a needle or pin
Kantha (कंठ) - throat
Kantha kupa (कंठ कूप) - pit of the throat / vishuddhi chakra
Kapaal (कपाल) - skull / cerebrum
Kapaalbhaati Pranayama (कपालभाति प्राणायाम) - frontal brain purification through rapid nostril breathing, active exhalation and passive inhalation
Kapaal moksha (कपाल मोक्ष ) - final stage of liberation where yogi’s soul leaves the body by passing through the crown of the head
Kapaalrandhra Dhauti (कपालरंध्र धौति) - shatkarma for the cleansing of the frontal sinuses
Kapha (कफ) - one of the three doshas / phlegm / mucus
Kapila (कपिल) - name of the sage who was the founder of Samkhya Philosophy
Kaarana (कारण) - cause
Kaaran sharira (कारण शरीर) - causal body
Kaarita (कारित) - to provoke
Kaaritvaat (कारित्वात) - on account of it / because of it
Karma (कर्म) - action / performance / duty
Karmaashaya (कर्माशय) - storage of past impressions / past karma / actions / words / thoughts
Karma maarga (कर्म मार्ग) - path of action
Karma phala (कर्म फल) - fruit of action
Karmayoga (कर्म योग) - yoga of action
Karmendriyaa (कर्मेन्द्रिया ) - organ of action
Karna Dhauti (कर्ण धौति) - shatkarma for cleansing of the ears
Karunaa (करुणा) - compassion
Kaarya Sharira (कार्य शरीर) - gross body
Kriyaa Shuddhi (क्रिया शुद्धि) - cleansing of action
Kathamtaa (कथंता) - whence / in what way / how
Kaushalam (कौशलं) - well being / skillfulness / cleverness
Kaayaa (काया) - body / bodily action / deed
Kaayaa sthairyam (काया स्थैर्यं) - practice of absolute steadiness and complete awareness of the physical body
Kevala (केवल) - alone / pure / unmingled / perfect in one’s self
Kevala Kumbhaka (केवल कुम्भक ) - non-deliberate retention of breath
Khechari Mudra (खेचरी मुद्रा) - gesture of cutting the frenum of the tongue in order to increase its length to touch the eye-brow and then rolling in to close the wind and food pipe
Kim (किं) - what
Klesha (क्लेष) - afflictions / pain / distress
Klishta (क्लिष्ट) - afflicted / tormented / hurt
Kosha (कोष ) - sheath / layer
Krama (क्रम) - order / sequence / regular course
Kriyaa (क्रिया) - action / execution / practice
Kriyaamaan Karma (क्रियामान कर्म) - action that generates fruits in future lives
Kriyaa yoga (क्रिया योग) - yoga of action
Krkara (कृकरा) - upaprana that creates sneezing and coughing
Krodha (क्रोध) - anger
Krishna (कृष्ण) - eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu
Krishna Paksha (कृष्ण पक्ष) - dark fortnight when the moon is waning
Krita (कृत) - directly done
Kritaartham (कृतार्थं) - a fulfilled soul
Kshana (क्षण) - a moment / an infinitesimal unit in time
Kshana Chakra (क्षण चक्र) - orderly rhythmic procession of moments
Kshatriya (क्षत्रिय) - warrior class / martial race / one of the 4 hindu varnas
Kshaya (क्षय) - diminish / destroy / decay / destruction
Kshetram (क्षेत्रम) - field / origin / place
Kshetrik (क्षेत्रिक) - a farmer / peasant
Kshetrikavat (क्षेत्रिकवत) - like a farmer
Kshina (क्षीण) - discarded / destroyed
Kshiptaa (क्षिप्ता) - neglected / distracted
Kshiyate (क्षीयते) - destroyed / dissolved
Kshut (क्षुत) - hunger
Kumbhak (कुम्भक) - retention
Kundalini (कुण्डलिनी) - divine cosmic energy
Kupa (कूप) - pit / well
Kurma (कूर्म) - tortoise / second incarnation of Lord Vishnu
Kurmasana (कुर्मासन) - tortoise pose
Kurmanaadi (कूर्मनाड़ी) - name of the nadi in the epigastria region
Kurma Vayu (कूर्म वायु) - upaprana that causes the eyelids to blink
Kushala ( कुशल) - proficiency
Kutshtha nityan (कूटश्ठ नित्यं) - the changeless seer