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Devanagari: कजरी ISO15919: kajarī The name of one of the cows in Nanda Baba's dairy. She was jet black in colour and was Shri Krishna's favourite. He loved drinking her milk. REFERENCE...

Devanagari: कालकूट ISO15919: kālakuṭa The deadly poison that emerged during the samudra manthana (the churning og the milk ocean). Demoness Putana smeared it on her breasts to kill 6-day-old infant Krishna. LEARN MORE halahal...

Devanagari: कलियुग ISO15919: kaliyuga also written as Kali Yuga, Kalyug, Kaliyug The Dark Age: the last and worst of the four cyclical ages of cosmic time comprising 432,000 years, of which a little...

Devanagari: कल्प ISO15919: kalpa also written as kalp An aeon - the period of one day of the creator, Lord Brahma: 994 yugas or 4,29,40,80,000 years. LEARN MORE At the end...

Devanagari: कपाल क्रिया ISO15919: kapāla kriyā also written as kapal kriya The ceremonial breaking of the skull of a corpse during cremation, usually performed by the eldest son or relative. REFERENCE Who am...

Devanagari: कल्पतरु ISO15919: kalpataru A wish fulfilling tree in the celestial realm that grants all material desires, also called kalpavriksha (Devanagari: कल्पवृक्ष ISO15919: kalpavr̥kṣa). In the divine world, Shri Krishna is...