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The Twelfth Lesson: The Vedas; and Glossary.1371
Krishna. An incarnation of Vishnu; an Avatar of Deity; a Great Teacher
who lived about 1400 b.c., and whose general teachings are stated in the
Bhagavad-Gita; the term is also used by the Vaishnavas, or worshipers
of Krishna, as the name of the Absolute or that, as well as in the sense of
the personified Deity.
Kumbhaka. The retention of the breath in the practice of Pranayama.
Kundalini. The subtle nerve-energy, or concentrated psychic force, located
in the lotus at the base of the spinal column, and which, when aroused,
develops the psychic and spiritual powers of the Yogin.
Linga Sharira. Subtle Body. Etheric Body.
Maha. Great.
Mahakasha. Great space.
Mahapurusha. A great soul; generally applied to an incarnation, or avatar,
or sometimes to a great sage or teacher.
Mahat. Universal Consciousness; the term literally meaning “the great one.”
Mahatattva. The great principle of Consciousness first evolved and
proceeding from Prakriti, according to the Sankhya philosophy.
Manas. The deliberative or reasoning faculty of the mind.
Mantram. An affirmation; prayer; holy word; verse thought; idea, etc.,
expressed in words, or meditated upon in the form of words, during
worship, meditation, or concentration.
Manipura. The Third Lotus of the Yoga of Patanjali, which is situated
directly opposite to the navel, on the Shusumna, along the spinal column.
Maya. Illusion; the Unreal Appearance of Nature; the phenomenal cloak
or covering of the Absolute, which is not real but exists merely as an
appearance; phantasmagoria.
Mimansa. The name of two schools of the Hindu Philosophy, viz.: the Purva
Mimansa; and the Uttara Mimamsa, generally known as the Vedanta.
Moksha. The state of Liberation; Emancipation; Freedom; Divine Absorption,
etc., often used in the same sense as Nirvana.
Mukti. Deliverance, or Emancipation from Samsara, or Rebirth.