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Koṭi —ten million.
Kṛpaṇa —a miserly man who wastes his life by not striving for spiritual realization.
Kṛṣṇa-prasāda — See: Prasāda.
Kṣatriya —the class of administrators and fighters.
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Laghimā —the mystic perfection of entering into the sun planet by using the rays of the sunshine.
Līlāvatāra —an incarnation to display pastimes.
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Mahā-bhāgavatas —the topmost devotees of the Lord.
Mahātmā —a great soul, or devotee of Kṛṣṇa.
Māyā —the energy of Kṛṣṇa which deludes the living entity who desires to forget the Lord.
Māyā-sukha —illusory happiness.
Moha —illusion.
Mūḍha — See: Vimūḍhas.
Muhūrta —a period of forty-eight minutes.
Mukta-puruṣas —liberated persons.
Mukti —liberation from material bondage.
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Nakṣatras —the stars.
Nāma-aparādha —offenses in the chanting of the holy name.
Nara-deva —the king, who is an earthly god.
Narādhama —the lowest of mankind.
Naṣṭa-buddhi —bereft of all good sense.
Nirviśeṣa-vādīs —impersonalists who accept an Absolute, but deny that He has any qualities of His own.
Niṣkāma —free from material desires.