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Kapila Muni: founder of Sāṅkhya philosophy in Sanatana dharma; the founding father of Mahānirvaṇi Pīṭha;

Kalpa: According to Vedic cosmology, one cycle of 4 Yugas is 4.32 million years. Brahma's 1 day is equal to 1,000 cycles of 4 yugas, called 1 Kalpa. (see Yuga)

Kāma: sensory pleasures, also means lust

Karma: spiritual laws of cause and effect, driven by root patterns.

Karmendriya: organs of action

Karmī: one driven by his lowest possibility.

Karṇa: son of Kuntī, also is a step brother to the Pāṇḍavas; renowned for his generosity

Kaurava: one of the two principal clans in Mahābhārat, sons of Dhṛitarāśtṛa.

Keśava: another name for Lord Kṛṣṇa

Kṛṣṇārjuna Saṃvād: the divine talk between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna; another name for Bhagavad Gītā

Kṛpācārya: a great general who fought in Kurukṣetra battle on the side of the Kauravas

Kriya: technique or practice within a yoga discipline meant to achieve a specific result.

Kṣaṇa: moment in time; refers to time between two thoughts

Kṣatriya: warrior class

Kurukṣetra: the sacred land where the great world war of Mahābharat was fought between Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas in the Haryana state