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| WORD | MEANING |
|---|---|
| Kaala |
(1) Time; (2) Time stages within the progressive and regressive half-cycles. Runs into more than billions of years, per cycle; (3) Duration; (4) The Jaina theory of kala gives a realistic picture of kala as an independent category. It is mono-dimensional and therefore it is not an astikaya. (2) Time substance, . Nishchaya or Real Time (3) Vyavahaara kaala (3.1) Apparent time (3.2) Conventional time as hours minutes Clock and calendar time etc, |
| Kaala kshetra |
The place reputed for its artistic monuments temples and images |
| Kaala paraavartana | Cycle change of time; Cycle of time |
| Kaala parivartana | Timal wheeling/change |
| Kaalanu | Atoms of time; Time particles; Unit of time; Points of time; Real time substance; Time point; Time unit; Chronyme/time-stom |
| Kaalapradesa | Time instant; Time space point |
| Kaalaraatri | Night of destruction |
| Kaalatikrama | Violating fixed time; Beyond time |
| Kaalika | Timely studied; A type of scripture |
| Kaalki | Tyrannical king of mythology |
| Kaama | Desire; Sex; Sensuality Indulgence in the objects of touch and taste senses |
| Kaama kathaa | Cupidistic tales |
| Kaama sukha | Sexual enjoyment |
| Kaama vikaara | Sex emotions |
| Kaamadeva | Category of torch bearers; Cupid |
| Kaamakami | Sensualist |
| Kaamini | Sensual gratification |
| Kaarak | Case (regular grammar); Agent; Cause; Factor |
| Kaarak karana | Generating cause |
| Kaaraka | Case |
| Kaarana | Inference of effect; Cause; Causation; Result |
| Kaarana kaaraka | Means of that deed |
| Kaarana labdhi | Proper Causes, Causal attainment. |
| Kaarana parmaanu | Cause-atom. |
| Kaarman body | Karmic matter body of living beings or souls |
| Kaarman varganaa | Karmic matter; Those matter molecules which transform themselves into karmana(Karmic) body are called karmana varganaa. |
| Kaarmana | Karmic matter |
| Kaarunya | Compassionate feeling |
| Kaarya | Effect; Work; Deed; Activity; Effect |
| Kaasthakarma | Wooden image making, Carpentary. |
| Kaaussagga | (1) Regulating the activities of body speech and mind; (2) Motionless state of body; (3) Kaayotsarga |
| Kaaya | Extension; Body; Corpud embodiment |
| Kaaya dusprani dhana | Improper body movement |
| Kaaya gupti | Bodily guard; Physical self-control |
| Kaaya pravichaara | Physical Sex |
| Kaaya sthiti | Duration |
| Kaaya svabhaava | Nature of body |
| Kaaya yoga | Bodily activity |
| Kaayaaklesa | Physical mortification; An external austerity; Physical suffering |
| Kaayabhaavastha | Born/reborn in the same womb |
| Kaaya-danda | Sinful bodily activity; Body activity |
| Kaayatva | Extension |
| Kaayotsarga | Meditation of the soul |
| Kaayotsarga | (1) Abandonment or stopping and freezing entire activities of the body and focus on mental meditation. A standing posture of meditation is kayotsarga and sitting position is called padmasana; (2) A standing posture of meditation, giving up attachment to the body; (3) A standing posture of meditation peculiar to the Jaina monks. Literally, it means giving up (attachment to) the body; (4) To give up attachment of the body, meditative relaxation, spiritual relaxation (5) Posture for meditation; (5) Regulating the activities of body speech and mind; (6) Perfect bodily abandonment; (7) Same as Käussagga above |
| Kadaagraha | Wrong insistence |
| Kadalighatmarana | 8-cause death; Astral deities/celestials. |
| Kaivalya | Omniscience; Aloneness |
| Kaivalya gnaana | Supreme knowledge |
| Kakataliya nyaya | Popular maxim of fall of palm fruit on crow head, Maxim of unexpected coincidences. |
| Kalaa | Art; Learning arts |
| Kaladhrama | Death |
| Kalakuta | Deadly poison |
| Kalankali bhaava | Wordly wandering |
| Kalatita kalatya tapdista, | Mistimed fallacy |
| Kalevara | Body |
| Kalikaalasarvagna | Looking like omniscient in kaliyuga or present time. |
| Kalpa | (1) A cycle of cosmos time; (2) Conduct for monks and Nuns when staying amongst people during four months of monsoon; (3) Sanction, heavend, 2 Aeons, 20*10 14th Sagaras, Proper conduct |
| Kalpa tree | It was a variety of flora, now wholly extinct, which supplied everyday requirements of human beings, subsistence in particular, before they devised various arts and crafts. |
| Kalpabhumi | Holy assembly place |
| Kalpakala | 20*10 14th Sagara years |
| Kalpanapodha | Conceputal |
| Kalpanika | Fictitious |
| Kalpas |
Heavens According to the Jainas, there are 12 or 16 kalpas as follows: Saudharma & Aisana (paired) Sanatkumara & Mahendra (paired) Above them, in the center, one above another, are: Brahmaloka Lantaka Mahasukra Sahasrara |
| And then, above them, in pairs again: Anata & Pranata Arana & Achyuta The Digambaras add Brahmottara before Lantaka, Kapistha and Sukra before Mahasukra, and Satara before Sahasrara, making a total of 16. |
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| Kalpasthita | Observing scriptural rules |
| Kalpasutra | Religious scripture of Jainism |
| Kalpatit deva | Non graded celestial beings |
| Kalpatita | Beyond 12/16 heavens; Beyond scriptural rules |
| Kalpavaasi | Resident of heaven |
| Kalpavraksa | Heavenly trees; Desire-fulfilling trees |
| Kalpopapanna | Born in kalpa heavens; Heavens-born |
| Kalusa | Impure; Dirt |
| Kalyaana | Beneficial; Virtuous; Salutary; Auspicious; Excellent; Prosperous |
| Kalyaanaka |
1.conception(chyavana) 2. birth 3. renunciation (Diksha) 4. Omniscience (Kaivalya) and 5. liberation (Nirväna) of a Teerthankara |
| Kamala puja | Flower worship |
| Kamandala | Wooden water jar or pot with nozzle |
| Kamandalu | Wooden water jar or pot with nozzle |
| Kamyaruptiva riddhi | Miraculous power of beautification |
| Kanakaavali | A ritual; A penance |
| Kanchana | Materials |
| Kanda | Bulbous vegetable; Innumerrableth part of angula |
| Kandaka | Innumerrableth part of angula; Bulbous vegetable |
| Kandarpa | Amorous talk; Cupid |
| Kandka | Splits |
| Kandmula | Bulbs, roots and tubers |
| Kanji aahaara | Sour gruel food |
| Kanksa | Grey aura |
| Kanthastha | Memorize |
| Kanyadaana | Ceremony of giving away the bride |
| Kapalika | A sect of heretical monks in the Sakti cult prevalent all over India at one time. the kapalika mode of propitiation is not very dominant now, though there are many Saktas in India to this day. They usually believe in animal slaughter. |
| Karana | Thought; Cause; Inference of effect |
| Karana | Sense; Conduct; Disposition; Tool |
| Karana parmaatma | Conscious element existing in all living beings |
| Karana kaarya bhaava | Cause effect phase |
| Karana kaarya sambandha | Relation between causes and effect |
| Karana samaysaara | Scriptural knowledge gained through reverential causes |
| Karana suddha jiva | Soul with causes of purity |
| Karana suddha paryaya | Modes with causes of purity |
| Karananuyoga | Technical exposition; A scripture type |
| Karanavirya | Active energy; Kinetic energy |
| Karatal parigrhita | With folder hands |
| Karemi | I do |
| Karita | Getting done by others |
| Karma | Fine particles of matter karma; Nimitta for self upaadaan to act; Deed done by the doer; Deed(Kaarya) It is the technical term, which refers to the after effect of reactivity. The Jaina theory of karma explains karma in terms of karmic particles and makes distinction in the karma as of eight types. Similarly, the karmic effect may be wholesome or may be bad. Jainas have given a scientific theory of karma. Action; A deed, good or bad; A form of matter; Upon maturing, it delivers its fruit; There are 4 Ghati and 4 Aghati types of karmas. Powers of Ghati karmas are much stronger, and they last for many lives. It is a substantive force, matter in very subtle form. These matter-particles, called pudgalas, fill all cosmic space. The soul, by its communication with the outer world, becomes literally penetrated by these matter-particles. These in turn become karma and build up a special body called karman sarira, which does not leave the soul until its final liberation. Karma works in such a way that every action leaves a mark of its own, which is retained and built into the organism to serve as the basis of future action |
| Karma bandha | Karmic bondage |
| Karma granthi | Karmic knot |
| Karma indriya | Operational sense; Functional sense |
| Karma kalanka | Karmic stain |
| Karma mala | Karmic filth |
| Karma masa | One maasa; A weight unit |
| Karma parinaama | Karmic change/effect |
| Karma samvastsara | Local year |
| Karma sanyaasa | Renunciation of action |
| Karma sarira | Karmic body |
| Karma skandha | Karmic aggregate |
| Karma sthiti | Karmic duration |
| Karma varganaa | Karmic variforms |
| Karma vija | Karmic seeds |
| Karma vipaaka | Karmic fruition; The fruits of Karmas |
| Karma yoga | Philosophy of action; Karmic activity; Concerted religious activities |
| Karma-aahaara | Karmic intake |
| Karmaadaana | Cruel professions or activities that buids karmas. |
| Karmaja | Experiencial |
| Karmakanda | Ritual |
| Karmana varganaa | Karmic varifrom |
| Karmana yoga | Karmic activity |
| Karmavada | Karmic theory; Doctrine of causality/ cause-effectism |
| Karmavadi | Karmist |
| Karmiki | Experiencial |
| Karna indriya | Sense of hearing |
| Karsa | ¼ Pala, A measure. |
| Karsana | Ploughing (Karmic) field. |
| Kartaa |
Agent or doer acting independependtly; Subject performed by one self |
| Kartaa karma adhikara | Chapter on doer and deed, acting and enduring kartutva and bhoktrutva. I am the doer of its work is kartutva and I am the endurer of the other substances is bhoktrutva. |
| Kartaa-Karma-Kriyaa | Doer-result-activity |
| Kartavya | (1) Obligation; (2) Duty; (3) Work to be done or to be accomplished; (4) Task |
| Kartutva |
Acting; Activity; Belief that I can do activity of the alien substances |
| Karunaa | Compassion; Mercy; Kindness |
| Karunaavrati | Compassionate feeling |
| Kasa | Cough |
| Kasaaya bhaava | Volitional passion |
| Kasaaya charitra mohaniya karma | Passional conduct-deluding Karma |
| Kasaaya kusila | Passional conduct |
| Kasaaya mala | Passional filth |
| Kasaaya mohaniya | Passopm deluding karma |
| Kasaaya nisyanda | Product of passion |
| Kasaaya rasa | Astringent taste |
| Kasaaya samlekhana | Learning of passion |
| Kasaaya samudghaata | Passional emanation / extrication. |
| Kasaaya vedaniya | Passion feeling |
| Kasaaya visaya | Object of passion. |
| Kashaaya | Passion. |
| Kataasanu | Aasana white colored and of wool cloth to sit on |
| Katha sat | Religious narrative; Religious tales |
| Kathaa vijigisu | Victory-desiring tales |
| Kathaasa | Stories |
| Kathamchita | Relatively; In some respect. |
| Kathanchita | From a particular point of view; In some respect; Somehow; In a way |
| Kathina | Hard |
| Kausagga | A motionless state of body as if the soul has departed from it; A way of having a medidation (yog) ( it comes in both pratikaman) |
| Kautkuchya | Gesticulation |
| Kavaka | Mushroom |
| Kavala | Morsel food; Intake of gross food |
| Kavelaka | Hot sand; Pan |
| Kesagra | A length unit; Hair heads |
| Kesa-loncha lunchana | Self-plucking / pulling of hairs, Hair plucking. |
| Kesariya modaka |
A sweet prepared from wheat flour, sugar and ghee (clarified butter) with sufficient addition of saffron to impart color and flavor. |
| Keval darshana | Perfect perception |
| Kevala darshi | One who has achieve omniscient perception |
| Kevala gnaani | Omniscient |
| Kevala labdhi | Nine omnisciental attainments |
| Kevala virya | Infinite energy |
| Kevalagnaana varana karma | Omniscience-obscuring karma |
| Kevalagnaani | Omniscient |
| Kevalanvayi | Affirmative illustration |
| Kevaldarshana |
Infinite vision and perception. After acquiring it, the cycle of births and deaths is broken forever. Any soul can attain it, by getting rid of karmas, attachments and hatreds. With it comes kevalgnan, infinite Dhariya, Tapa and Veerya. |
| Kevaldarshi | One who has kevalgnaana |
| Kevali | Omniscient |
| Kevali | Omniscient |
| Kevali marana | Salvation |
| Kevali samudghaata | (1) Emanation / Extrication of soul points by omniscient at the time of salvation; (2) Emanation of the spatial units of the Omniscient Soul from its body without wholly discarding the body |
| Kevali-avarnavaada | Derogation of omniscient; Ill speaking of omniscient |
| Kevalin/gnaani | One who has kevalgnaana; Synonym for arhat. |
| Khaadya | Eatable; Edible; Solid foods |
| Khachara | Skymoving beings |
| Khamaasamaano | Forgiving gurudev or teacher |
| Khamana | Homages; Salutations |
| Khanda | Fragment; Space |
| Khanda krasti | Medium attenuation |
| Khara visana | Ass’s horns |
| Kharakanda | Uppermost portion of first hell |
| Kharakarma | Injurious trades |
| Khari | A measure unit |
| Khataphata | Volume |
| Khattvanga |
An ascetic instrument; Ascetics sceptre; Yama’s skull- sceptre |
| Khechara | Skymoving beings |
| Kheda | Pain; Sorrow |
| Khyaati | Glory |
| Kilaka sanhanana | Pinned/Nailed body joint |
| Kilvisaka | Sinful deities |
| Kinchinta | Somewhat |
| Kinnara | See Deva |
| Kit-Kitika | Rattling sound of bones. |
| Kkakini | ¼ Masha, Kingly jewel. |
| KKulamada | Family puff |
| Klisa | Tormentation |
| Kodaa-Kodi | Crore x crore |
| Kodasana | Straw mats |
| Kramabaddha paryaaya | Sucessive modes of operation; Modes occuring in sequential order |
| Kramakarana | Orderization |
| Kratrima | Factitious; Formal |
| Krim | Seeds of devotion |
| Krisi | Farming |
| Krisna | Black |
| Krisna lesya | Black aura |
| Kristi | Attenuation |
| Kriyaakaanda | Ritual |
| Kriyaakanda | Blind followings of the religious rituals; Actionism. |
| Kriyaavati shakti | Region changing capacity; Power of dynamism; Power of motion |
| Krosa/gavyuti | A length unit; 2 miles; 3.32 kms. |
| Krta | Self-performed |
| Krtakatva | Product |
| Krtakrtya | One who has achieved everything that was to be achieved ; Loss of earned |
| Krtayugma | Remainder – less division by four |
| Krti | Square of number 2, Square, Work |
| Krti karma | Reverential conduct of monks/votaries |
| Krtimula | Square root |
| Ksaayika | Destruct ional. |
| Ksaayika bhaava | Destruct ional disposition/volition. |
| Ksaayika charitra | Destruct ional conduct |
| Ksaayika dana | Destruct ional donation |
| Ksaayika laabha | Destruct ional gain |
| Ksaayika samyak darsana | Destruct ional right faith |
| Ksaayika sukha | Destruct ional bliss |
| Ksaayika upabhoga | Destruct ional enjoyment |
| Ksaayika virya | Destruct ion-cum-subsidence |
| Ksaayopasamic charitra | Destruct ion-cum-subsidential conduct |
| Ksaayopsamika bhaava | Destruct ion-cum-subsidential volition |
| Ksamaapana | Forgiveness; Friendship day |
| Ksamaavani/Ksmaapana | Festival of forgiveness |
| Ksapaka | Destroyer |
| Ksapakaareni | Ladder of destruction; Destruct ional ladder |
| Ksapita | Destroyed, Dissolved. |
| Ksema | Happiness; Welfare |
| Ksepa | Addition |
| Ksetra | Area; Region; Quarter; Subcontinent; Place of pilgrimage |
| Ksetra pramana | Measure of lands/areas |
| Ksetra siddha | Regionally salvated |
| Ksetra vriddhi | Increase/addition in regions/ areas. |
| Ksetraapala | Guardian deity |
| Ksetragna | Soul |
| Ksetramiti | Mensuration; Geometry |
| Ksetra-parivartana | Cycle of change in regions. |
| Ksetra-vastu pramanatikrama | Exceeding quantities of field and quarters. |
| Ksetra-vipaki prakrti | Regionally realisable karmic species |
| Kshah | Seed of calling power and acceptance |
| Ksham | Seed of power for protection and happiness |
| Kshamaa | Forgiveness; Forebearance |
| Kshamaapana | A prayer of forgiveness |
| Kshanika | Transient |
| Kshayika bhaava | Destructional disposition; Disposition produced due to annihilation destruction of karma |
| Kshayopsham bhaava | Dispositional gain after annihilation (Kshaya) and subsidence(Upsham) of karma |
| Ksheem | Seed of psychic power and goodness |
| Ksheenmoha | Delusionless |
| Ksheerneera | Like milk and water looks intermixed inseparably |
| Kshetra | An area, site or location where humans exist. Each kshetra has four more similar counterparts. Region area location where human lives exist; Place; Location; |
| Kshetra paraavartana | Cycle of space; Cycle of change |
| Kshetra vipaaki karma | The karma causing same appearance in transmigatory phase (vigrah gati) |
| Kshetra vipaaki prakruti | Cyclic change fruition; The karmic nature causing same appearance in transmigratory phase(vigrah gati) |
| Kshina kashaaya | Destroyed delusion; Saints whose passions are destroyed; Passion-destroyed |
| Kshina moha | Delusion less; Saint whose delusion is destroyed |
| Kshipra | Knowing quickly |
| Kshipta chitta | Infidel; Insane; Insane mind. |
| Kshirasrava | Milk-like speech |
| Kshiti sayana/bhumi-sayana | Sleeping on hard earth |
| Kshobha | Disturbance; Asthirta; Perturbation; Aannoyance; |
| Disturbance caused by secondary influence | |
| Kshoom | Seed of power to remove sadness and depression |
| Kshoum | Seed of power to purify sushumna and contact divine |
| Kshudha parisaha | Affliction of hunger; Hungeral affliction. |
| Kshura sarvatobhadra | A penance type |
| Kudarata |
(1) Divine power; (2) God's creation as a whole; (3) Nature; (4) Disposition; (5) Strength; (6) Inherent power |
| Kudava | 12-Anjali, 0.83 kg.; A measure |
| Kudeva | False deity |
| Kudharma | Heresy; False religion |
| Kudrasti | Heresy; False religion |
| Kuguru | False teacher; Crooked preceptor |
| Kuksi | 2 ratni measure |
| Kulakara | Ethical founders |
| Kulinga | False belief; False dress |
| Kumbhaka | Breath stopping |
| Kunda | Pool; Pit |
| Kunthunaatha | Seventeenth Tirthankar |
| Kupravachana | False instruction |
| Kupya pramanati krma | Exceeding quantities of clothes and utensil |
| Kurmonnata yoni | Tortoise-like raised uterus |
| Kusala | Proficient |
| Kusamaya | Heterodox idiot |
| Kusastra | Heterodox canons; False scripture |
| Kusila | Imperfect conduct; A nitrgrantha type; Imperfect senses |
| Kusruta | Heterodox canons; False scripture |
| Kuta pasa | Trap |
| Kuta salmali | Thorny trees in hells |
| Kutalekha kriya | Forgery |
| Kutamana | False documentation; Fake measure |
| Kutarkika | Quibbler |
| Kutastha | Immutable; Absolute; Indisputable |
| Kutirtha | Heresy; False religion |
| Kutrikapana | Multi-purpose market; Departmental store; Supermarket |
| Kutsa | Disgust |
| Kutumba jaagarika | A penance of night awakening |
| Kuvaasnaa | Evil disposition |
| kaachali (of coconut) | hard shell. |
| Kaal labdhi | time of attainment of achievement, Proper time; Timal attainment, the mode occurring at its prescribed time is its “time of attainment”. |
| Kaag | crow. |
| Kaajal | collyrium,lampblack; eye-slave. |
| Kaalaachaar | At prescribed time for swadhyay one should study, contemplate up on the studied subject, and discuss the original scriptures. Observance of regularity, punctuality, and propriety of time. Improper and unsuitable occasions should be avoided – Kaalaachaar
There are certain time during 24 hrs day that is set aside for swaadhyaay. They are as follow: |
| Kaala paravartan | cycle change of time, cycle of time |
| Kaal Paraavaran | cycle of time: A time cycle is of two types: ascending and descending. Both are of ten krodaa krodi saagaaropam years. So total time cycle is of 20 KKSP years. When the living being takes birth in the first samay of the time cycle and in sequence finishes taking birth in total 20 KKSP years, and similarly he dies in each samay in sequence in all of the 20 KKSP years then one kaal paraavartan is done. |
| Kaal pratyaasatti | alien thing’s action in the form of instrumental cause (nimitt kaarya) and the principle cause action (naimittik kaarya). Both of these things happen in same samay and that is called as kaal pratyaasatti. |
| Kaal vyatirek | modes come in sequence. Each one is different from other one. this is kaal vyatirek. |
| Kaivalya: | Pure knowledge |
| Kala: | Time |
| Time stages within the progressive and regressive half-cycles; time as a dravya | |
| Kala (Drvyadigata): | Periodically |
| Kala (Kaladigata): | Time |
| Kala (Kalakarakadigata): | Time |
| Kalanu: | Time-points |
| Kalatyayapadista: | Mistimed (contradicted) |
| Kalikasruta: | A Jain scripture |
| Kalpatita: | Born in the highest heavenly abodes |
| Kalpopapanna: | Born in the kalpa heavens, Heavens-born. |
| Kalyanaka: | Auspicious moments |
| Kanyadana: | Ceremony of giving away the bride |
| Kapota-lesya: | Gray karmic strain |
| Karaka: | Case |
| Karana: | Cause |
| Karana (Hetu): | Cause |
| Karanantarasakalya: | Co-operation of all other causes |
| Karananupalabdhi: | Non-availability of the cause |
| Karanatva: | As the cause |
| Karanollekha: | Mention of instrument |
| Karma: | Action, Fine particles of matter karma; Nimitta for self upaadaan to act; Deed done by the doer; Deed(Kaarya) It is the technical term, which refers to the after effect of reactivity. The Jaina theory of karma explains karma in terms of karmic particles and makes distinction in the karma as of eight types. Similarly, the karmic effect may be wholesome or may be bad. Jainas have given a scientific theory of karma. Action; A deed, good or bad; A form of matter; Upon maturing, it delivers its fruit; There are 4 Ghati and 4 Aghati types of karmas. Powers of Ghati karmas are much stronger, and they last for many lives. It is a substantive force, matter in very subtle form. These matter-particles, called pudgalas, fill all cosmic space. The soul, by its communication with the outer world, becomes literally penetrated by these matter-particles. These in turn become karma and build up a special body called karman sarira, which does not leave the soul until its final liberation. Karma works in such a way that every action leaves a mark of its own, which is retained and built into the organism to serve as the basis of future action. |
| Karma-bhumi: | Realm of action, Land of action. Three karmabhumis Bharat, Airawat and Maha videha kshetra. |
| Karma-chetana: | Consciousness of oneself as the doer of actions, (1) Karmic consciouseness; (2) The feeling that I produce all things other than knowledge is karma chetna |
| Karma-phala-chetana: | Consciousness of oneself as the enjoyer of the karmic fruits, (1) Consciousness of Karmic enjoyment; (2) the consciousness that I enjoy fruits of all things other than knowledge is karma phal chetna (3) Karmic reward consciousness |
| Karma-prakrti: | The particular form into which karmic matter is differentiated, Karmic form; Karmic nature; Type of Karma; Karmic species. |
| Karman: | Action |
| Karmana: | karmic. |
| Karmana-sarira: | The transmigrating body of karmic matter, Karmic body; Body type; Karmic transmigratory body; It is the karmic body, it is very subtle and is responsible for the various karmic effects |
| Karmana-Vargana: | Karmic-molecule, Karmic varifrom |
| Karsapana: | Coin |
| Karta: | Agent |
| Karunya: | Pity, Compassion for the afflicted. |
| Karya: | Effect |
| Karya (Hetu): | Effect |
| Karyanupalabdhi: | Non-availability of the effect |
| Kasaya: | Passions, Passion; It arises due to karmic influx; The kasayas are the root cause of birth and death that is cycle of transmigration |
| Katha: | Debate |
| Narrative literature | |
| Talk | |
| Kathora: | Hard |
| Katuka: | Bitter. |
| Kavala-ahara: | Food in morsels; ordinary human food |
| Kaya: | Movement by body. |
| Kaya klesha: | Mortification of the body, so long as the mind is not disturbed–external austerity. |
| Kaya-klesa: | Mortifications of the body |
| Kayiki-kriya: | a wicked man’s readiness to hurt others. |
| Kayotsarga: | Abandonment of the body, a standing or sitting posture of meditation |
| Kesa-loca: | The practice of pulling out one’s hair in five handfuls |
| Kevala (Jnana): | Perfect knowledge, (1) Only; (2) Ultimate; (3) Perfect knowledge, (4) Alone; (5) Omniscient intuitive knowledge |
| Kevala-darshanavarana: | Perfect-conation-obscuring. |
| Kevala-jnanavarana: | Perfect-knowledge-obscuring. |
| Kevaladarsana: | Perception associated with kevalajnana, Absolute conation; Infinite Conation; Omniscient intuitive knowledge; Omniscient perception |
| Kevala jnana: | Knowledge isolated from karmic obstruction; infinite knowledge; omniscience; knowledge involving awareness of every existent in all its qualities and modes, Omniscience; Absolute/ supreme knowledge; Perfect knowledge; Infinite knowledge; Knowledge isolated from karmic obstruction; Omniscience; Knowledge involving awareness of every existent in all its qualities and modes |
| Kevalin: | One who has attained kevalajnana; a synonym for arhat |
| Kilita samhanana: | Riveted bones. |
| Klishyamaneshu: | The afflicted. |
| Komala: | Soft |
| Krama: | Order, Sequential order, Sequence |
| Kramabhavi: | Occurring successively |
| Kramayaugapadya: | Simultaneity or order |
| Krishna: | Black. |
| Kriya (Kalpana): | (1) Action; (2) Activity; (3) Operation; (4) Movement; (5) Rite; (6) Activity done by the doer (Kartaa) |
| Kriya naya: | Point of view of action |
| Kriyanayabhasa: | False point of view of action |
| Kriyas: | Actions; a Jaina term for sacred rites |
| Kriyasabda: | Root word |
| Kriyavadi: | belief in time, soul, etc., as causing everything in the world. |
| All the substances perform their functions and become causes of different effects. | |
| Krodha: | Anger, Wrath |
| Krodha-pratyakhyana: | Giving up anger, Anger renunciation. |
| Krsi: | Farming |
| Krsna-lesya: | Black karmic stain |
| Ksama: | Forgiveness, Forbearace, Moment |
| Ksamasramana: | An ascetic who suffers with equanimity; title used in addressing a monk during the ritual fo confession |
| Ksanika: | Momentary |
| Ksanti: | Forbearance |
| Ksapana: | Destruction, Fasting, A penance |
| Ksatriya: | Member of a warrior caste |
| Ksaya: | Destruction, Annihilation; Destruction of karma |
| Ksayika-samyak-darsana: | True insight achieved by the destruction of darsana-mohaniya karmas |
| Ksayopasama: | Cessation and subsidence of karmic veil |
| Ksayopasama-labdhi: | Attainment of purity by the destruction-cumsuppression of certain karmas |
| Ksayopasamika-samyaktva: | True insight achievedby the destruction cum-suppression of darsana-mohaniya karmas; identical to vedakasamyaktva |
| Ksetra: | Territory, Area; Region; Quarter; Subcontinent; Place of pilgrimage. |
| Kshanti: | Forgiveness |
| Kshaya: | Destruction |
| Ksina-moha: | Permanent dissociation from all caritra-mohaniya karmas and from the passions which they produce, the twelfth gunasthana |
| Ksipra (Matijnana): | Quick |
| Ksullaka: | Minor; junior monk; a Jaina layman on the eleventh pratima; one who wears three pieces of clothing, Minor a junior monk of first stage. A Jaina layman on the eleventh pratima. One who wears three pieces of clothing. (Votary with two clothes in skyclad sect). The next higher stage of monk is ellaka and then final one is muni. |
| Kubjaka: | Hunchback. |
| Kula: | Family, Genus; Clan |
| Kumara-sramana: | A life-long celibate |
| Kundalini-cakra: | Mystical centers of psychic energy |
| Kutastha-nitya: | Eternal and unchangeable, Permanent. |