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Kali-yuga (Age of Kali) —the present age, which is characterized by quarrel. It is last in the cycle of four, and began five thousand years ago.
Kāma —lust.
Kamaṇḍalu —water pot carried by  sannyāsīs .
Karatālas —hand cymbals used in  kīrtana .
Karma —fruitive action, for which there is always reaction, good or bad.
Karma-kāṇḍa —section of the  Vedas  prescribing fruitive activities for elevation to a higher material position.
Karmī —a person satisfied with working hard for flickering sense gratification.
Kīrtana —chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord.
Kṛṣṇaloka —See: Goloka
Kṣatriyas —a warrior or administrator; the second Vedic social order.
Kuṭicaka —the first stage of the  sannyāsa  order; the  kuṭicaka  lives in a hut nearby his village and his family brings him food.
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Mahā-mantra —the great chanting for deliverance:
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare
Mahātmā —a self-realized soul.
Mantra —a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.
Maṭhas —monasteries.
Mathurā —Lord Kṛṣṇa's abode, surrounding Vṛndāvana, where He took birth and later returned to after performing His Vṛndāvana pastimes.
Māyā —(mā—not; yā—this), illusion; forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Māyāvādis —impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mecchas —meat-eaters.
Mokṣa —liberation into the spiritual effulgence surrounding the Lord.
Mṛdaṅga —a clay drum used for congregational chanting.