Raja-Yoga

GLOSSARY. 247
Kshetrajna The knower of Kshetra. (Gita,
Chap. XII.) The soul.
Kumbhaka
Retention of the breath in the
practice of prdndydma.
Kundalini lit. "the coiled-up."
The
fZunti
residual energy, located ac
cording to the Yogis, at the
base of the spine, and which
in ordinary men produces
dreams, imagination, psychi
cal perceptions, etc., and
which, when fully aroused
and purified, leads to the
direct perception of God.
The mother of the five Pdndavas,
the heroes who opposed
the Kauravas at the battle
of Kurukshetra, the account
of which forms the principal
theme of the Mahdbhdrata,
the Indian epic.
Kurma The name of a nerve upon
which the Yogis meditate.
Kurma-Purana One of the eighteen principal
Purdnas.
Jufo A kind of Indian grass used
in religious rites.
ftfadhubhumiba The second stage of the Yogi
when he gets beyond the ar
gumentative condition.