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Kacchāyana
［迦旃延］ (Pali;  Kasennen)
K’ai-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The
［開元釈教録］ (Chin K’ai-yüan-shih-chiao-lu;  Kaigen-shakkyō-roku)
K’ai-yüan-ssu
［開元寺］ (PY Kaiyuansi;  Kaigen-ji)
Kakuban
［覚鑁］ (1095–1143)
Kakumyō
［覚明］
Kakuun
［覚運］ (953–1007)
kālakula
［迦羅求羅］ (;  karakura or karagura)
Kalandaka
［迦蘭陀］ (;  Karanda)
kalavinka
［迦陵頻伽］ (;  karyōbinga)
Kālayashas
［畺良耶舎］ (383–442) (;  Kyōryōyasha)
Kāli
［迦利王］ (;  Kari-ō)
Kalmāshapāda
［斑足王・鹿足王］ (;  Hansoku-ō or Rokusoku-ō)
Kālodāyin
［迦留陀夷］ (;  Karudai)
kalpa
［劫］ (;  kō)
kalpa of continuance
［住劫］ ( jū-kō)
kalpa of decline
［壊劫］ ( e-kō)
kalpa of decrease
［減劫］ ( gen-kō)
kalpa of disintegration
［空劫］ ( kū-kō)
kalpa of formation
［成劫］ ( jō-kō)
kalpa of increase
［増劫］ ( zō-kō)
kāma-dhātu
［欲界］ (, Pali;  yokkai or yoku-kai)
Kanāda
［カナーダ］ (;  Kanāda)
Kānadeva
［迦那提婆］ (;  Kanadaiba)
Kanakamuni
［倶那含仏］ (;  Kunagon-butsu)
K’ang-seng-hui
［康僧会］ (d. 280) (PY Kangsenghui;  Kōsōe)
Kanishka
［迦弐色迦王］ (n.d.) (;  Kanishika-ō)
Kannon
［観音］ ()
Kanroku
［観勒］ (n.d.) (; Kor Kwallŭk)
Kanzeon
［観世音］ ()
Kanzeon-ji
［観世音寺］
Kao-ch’ang
［高昌国］ (PY Gaochang;  Kōshō-koku)
Kapila
［迦毘羅］ (;  Kabira)
Kapilavastu
［迦毘羅衛国］ (; Pali Kapilavatthu;  Kabirae-koku)
Kapimala
［迦毘摩羅・毘羅尊者］ (n.d.) (;  Kabimara or Bira-sonja)
karma
［業］ (; Pali kamma;  gō)
karma mandala
［羯磨曼荼羅］ ( katsuma-mandara)
karunā
［悲・慈悲］ (, Pali;  hi or jihi)
Kashgar
［疏勒国］ ( Soroku-koku)
Kāshī
［迦尸国］ (; Pali Kāsī;  Kashi-koku)
Kashmir
［迦湿弥羅国・諝賓国］ ( Kashmīra or Kāshmīra;  Kashumira-koku or Keihin-koku)
Kāshyapa
() (1) ［迦葉菩薩］ ( Kashō-bosatsu); (2) ［迦葉仏］ ( Kashō-butsu)
Kāshyapa Mātanga
［迦葉摩騰］ (n.d.) (;  Kashō-matō)
Kāshyapīya school
［飲光部・迦葉遺部］ (;  Onkō-bu or Kashōi-bu)
Kataumi
［片海］
Kātyāyana
［迦旃延］ (; Pali Kacchāyana or Kacchāna;  Kasennen)
Kātyāyanīputra
［迦多衍尼子］ (n.d.) (;  Kataennishi)
Kaundinya
［憍陳如］ (;  Kyōjinnyo)
Kaushāmbī
［憍賞弥国］ (; Pali Kosambī;  Kyōshōmi-koku)
Kaushika
［憍尸迦］ (;  Kyōshika)
Kawanobe, the lay priest of
［河野辺の入道］ (n.d.) ( Kawanobe-no-nyūdō)
Kegon school
［華厳宗］ ( Kegon-shū)
Kenchō-ji
［建長寺］
Kennin-ji
［建仁寺］
Kenshin
［顕真］ (1130–1192)
Kharadīya, Mount
［伽羅陀山］ (;  Karada-sen)
Khotan
［于闐・和田］ ( Uten or Hōtan)
Khuddaka-nikāya
［小部］ (Pali;  Shō-bu)
Kichijō-ten
［吉祥天］ ()
Kimbara
［金原］ (n.d.)
kimnara
［緊那羅］ (;  kinnara)
King Above Jeweled Dignity and Virtue
［宝威徳上王仏］ ( Ratnatejobhyudgatarāja;  Hōitokujō’ō-butsu)
“King Wonderful Adornment” chapter
［妙荘厳王品］ ( Myōshōgon-nō-hon)
Kinkara
［吉迦夜］ (n.d.) (;  Kikkaya)
Kishimojin
［鬼子母神］ ()
Kiyomizu-dera
［清水寺］
Kizil caves
［キジル石窟］ ( Kijiru-sekkutsu)
klesha
［煩悩］ (;  bonnō)
knot of flesh on the head
［肉髻相］ ( ushnīsha-shiraskatā;  nikkei-sō)
Kō, the lay nun of
［国府尼］ (n.d.) ( Kō-ama or Kō-no-ama)
Kō, the lay priest of
［国府入道］ ( Kō-nyūdō)
kōan
［公案］ (; Chin kung-an)
Kōben
［高弁］
Kōbō
［弘法］ (774–835)
Kōchi
［広智］ (n.d.)
Kōfuku-ji
［興福寺］
Kōjō
［光定］ (779–858)
Kokālika
［瞿伽利］ (, Pali;  Kugyari or Kukari)
Kokan Shiren
［虎関師錬］ (1278–1346)
Kokūzō
［虚空蔵］ ()
Komatsubara Persecution
［小松原の法難］ ( Komatsubara-no-hōnan)
Kōmoku-ten
［広目天］ ()
Kongōbu-ji
［金剛峯寺］
Kōnichi, the lay nun
［光日尼］ ( Kōnichi-ama)
Kōnichi-bō
［光日房］ (n.d.)
Kōsai
［幸西］ (1163–1247)
Kosala
［憍薩羅国］ (, Pali;  Kyōsara-koku)
Kosambī
［憍賞弥国］ (Pali;  Kyōshōmi-koku)
kōsen-rufu
［広宣流布］ ()
koti
［倶胝］ (, Pali;  kutei)
Kōya, Mount
［高野山］ ( Kōya-san)
Krakucchanda
［拘留孫仏］ (;  Kuruson-butsu)
Kriki
［訖哩枳王］ (;  Kiriki-ō)
Krita
［訖利多王］ (n.d.) (;  Kirita-ō)
krosha
［倶盧舎］ (;  kurosha)
kshānti
［忍・忍辱］ (;  nin or ninniku)
Kshatriya
［刹帝利］ (;  setsuteiri)
kshetra
［国土・刹土］ (;  kokudo or setsudo)
Kshitigarbha
［地蔵菩薩］ (;  Jizō-bosatsu)
kū
［空］ ()
Kuang-che-ssu
［光宅寺］ (PY Guangzhesi;  Kōtaku-ji)
Kuang-hsiu
［広脩・広修］ (771–843) (PY Guangxiu;  Kōshū or Kōshu)
Kuan-ting
［灌頂］ (PY Guanding;  Kanjō)
Kuan-yin
［観音菩薩］ (PY Guanyin;  Kannon-bosatsu)
Kubo, the lay nun of
［窪尼］ (n.d.) ( Kubo-no-ama)
Kucha
［亀茲・庫車］ ( Kiji or Kosha)
Kudō Yoshitaka
［工藤吉隆］ (d. 1264)
K’uei-chi
［窺基］ (PY Kuiji;  Kiki)
Kūkai
［空海］
Kukkutapāda, Mount
［鶏足山］ (;  Keisoku-sen)
Kukkutārāma Monastery
［鶏頭摩寺］ (, Pali;  Keizuma-ji)
Kumārajīva
［鳩摩羅什］ (344–413) (;  Kumarajū)
Kumāralāta
［鳩摩羅駄］ (;  Kumarada)
Kumārata
［鳩摩羅駄］ (n.d.) (;  Kumarada)
Kumārayāna
［鳩摩羅炎］ (n.d.) (;  Kumaraen)
kumbhānda
［鳩槃荼］ (;  kuhanda)
Kundalī
［軍荼利明王］ (;  Gundari-myō’ō)
Kuntī
［皐諦・皐諦女］ (;  Kōdai or Kōdai-nyo)
Kuo-ch’ing-ssu
［国清寺］ (PY Guoqingsi;  Kokusei-ji)
kuon-ganjo
［久遠元初］ ()
Kuon-ji
［久遠寺］
Kurkutārāma Monastery
［鶏頭摩寺］ (;  Keizuma-ji)
Kuru
［倶盧洲］ (, Pali;  Kuru-shū)
kusha grass
［吉祥草］ (;  kichijō-sō)
Kushan
［クシャーナ朝・貴霜朝］ ( Kushāna-chō or Kisō-chō)
Kusha school
［倶舎宗］ ( Kusha-shū)
Kushinagara
［拘尸那掲羅・倶尸那城］ (; Pali Kusinārā;  Kushinagara or Kushina-jō)
Kusinārā
［拘尸那掲羅・倶尸那城］ (Pali;  Kushinagara or Kushina-jō)
Kūya
［空也］ (903–972)
Kyōnin-bō
［鏡忍房］ (d. 1264)
Kyō’ō
［経王］ (b. 1272)
Kyō’ō Gokoku-ji
［教王護国寺］

King Above Jeweled Dignity and Virtue ［宝威徳上王仏］ ( Ratnatejobhyudgatarāja;  Hōitokujō’ō-butsu): Also known as Jeweled Dignity. A Buddha who, according to the “Universal Worthy” (twenty-eighth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, lives in a land in the east and is the teacher of Bodhisattva Universal Worthy. See also “Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy” chapter.