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Kāma —lust.
Karatālas —hand cymbals used in  kīrtana .
Karma —fruitive action, for which there is always reaction, good or bad.
Karma-kāṇḍa-vicāra —the rituals for material prosperity prescribed in the  Vedas .
Karmī —a person satisfied with working hard for flickering sense gratification.
Kevala —the third and highest stage of  bhakti .
Kirtana —chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord.
Krṣṇaloka — See:  Goloka
Kṣatriyas —a warrior or administrator; the second Vedic social order.
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Loka —a planet.
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Mādhurya-rasa —conjugal love relationship with the Lord.
Mahā-mantra —the great chanting for deliverance:
Hare Krṣṇa, Hare Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa Krṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
Mahā-roga —a severe illness.
Mahat-tattva —the total material energy, from which the material world is manifested.
Mantra —a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.
Mathurā —Lord Krṣṇa's abode, surrounding Vṛndāvana, where He took birth and later returned to after performing His Vṛndāvana pastimes.
Māyā —illusion; forgetfulness of one's relationship with Krṣṇa.
Māyāvādis —impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mṛdaṅga —a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
Mūḍha —a fool.
Muni —a sage.
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Namaskāra —a polite greeting or address.