Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

522 Glossary

Kanyiikubja

K apiilabhiiti

Kapila

Kapinjala

Kapota
Karma
Karma-miirgCf

Karma-yoga

Karmendriya

Karna

Karr:a-pfdii

Kiirtikeya

Karunii.

Kasyapa

Kathopanisad...

Kaundinya..

Kauravas

Kiiyii

Kiiyika

Kevala

Kevala

Kumbhaka

anus and near the navel, where the three main na�Is

• S�umJ:?.a, I�a and Pin gala-unite and separate. It is
  covered as if with a soft white piece of cloth.
  An ancient city and country situated on a tributary of
  the Ganges, now called Kanoja.
  Kapala=skull; bhati=light, lustre. A process of
  clearing the sinuses.
  A sage, the founder of the Sankhya system, one of
  the six orthodox systems of Hindu philosophy.
  The chataka bird, which is supposed to drink only
  raindrops.
  A dove, pigeon.
  Action.
  The way of an active man towards realisation through
  action.
  The achievement of union with the Supreme Uni­
  versal Soul through action.
  Organs of excretion, generation, hands, feet and
  speech.
  The ear, also one of the heroes in the Mahabharata.
  Pressure around the ear.
  The god of war, also known as Kumara, Sanmukha
  and Skanda. He is a son of Siva and is

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s� called

because he was reared by the Krttikas, the Pleiades,

each six of whom fed him at her breast (�aJ:?. =six;

mukha=mouthorface). The story of his birth is told

by Kalidasa in his epic 'Kumara-sarilbhava'.

Compassion, pity, tenderness. It also implies devoted

action to alleviate the suffering of the afflicted ones.

A sage, husband of Aditi and Diti. He is one of the

lords or progenitors of living beings.

One of the principal Upanishads in verse and in the

form of a dialogue between the seeker Nachiketa and

Yama, the god of Death.

A sage.

Descendants of Kuru, who fought the fratricidal

Mahabharata war with their cousins the Pandavas.

The body.

Relating to the body.

Whole, entire, absolute, perfect, pure.

When the practices of Kumbhaka (respiratory pro­

cesses) become so perfect that they are instinctive,

they are known as Kevala Kumbhaka.