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Glossary

(great Vaiṣṇava devotees in South India), who was famous for his
poetry.
Kumāras—the four celibate sons of Lord Brahmā.
Kumbha-melā—the greatest religious gathering on earth, occurring

every twelve years at Prayāga (Allahabad), near the confluence of the
sacred rivers Gaṅgā, Yamunā and the mystical Sarasvatī. Anyone who

bathes in the confluence at the stipulated time is guaranteed liberation
from material bondage.
Kuntī, Queen—the wife of King Pāṇḍu, the emperor in Hastināpura,
who was cursed to die if he ever attempted to conceive offspring. As
a young princess, Queen Kuntī had received a boon from Durvāsā
Muni that she could summon any demigod to do her bidding, and

hence the royal couple availed of this boon to beget five celestial sons
(the Pāṇḍavas).
Kūrma, Lord—an incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu in the form of a giant
tortoise.
Kurukṣetra—an ancient holy place north of Delhi, the site of the
historical battle described in the Mahābhārata.
Kuṭīra—a simple hut used by renunciants.

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Lakh—100,000.
Lakṣmaṇa—Lord Rāmacandra’s younger brother.
Lakṣmī—the goddess of fortune, the eternal consort of Lord Viṣṇu.
Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa—a pair of Deities (the Supreme Lord and His
consort) who are worshipped by Vaiṣṇavas as the transcendental
Divine Couple.
Lakṣmīpati—“the Lord of Lakṣmī,” a common name for Lord Viṣṇu.
Liberation—(in Sanskrit: mokṣa) extrication of the spirit soul from
material bondage and its subsequent return to the spiritual realm (the
last of the four Vedic goals of human life).

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