Dadhicha

a sage who gave his bones to the gods, from which was fashioned the thunderbolt which slew Vrita

 Daitya

a demon son of Diti

 Dakini

the goddess in muladhara

 Daksa

a lord of created beings

 Daksina

the right side

 Dama

control of the body and senses

 Damani

a layer within a nadi allowing for the passage of energy

 Dana

giving

 Danava

a demon

 Danda

a staff

 Dandasana

the staff posture

 Darbha

a sweet-smelling dried grass

 Darshama

a visit to a great person, viewpoint or vision

 Daurmanasya

despair

 Dehi

the self

 Deva

a divine being

 Devadatta

one of the vital airs, which causes yawning

 Devata

a divine being similar to an angel

 Deva-dasi

a temple prostitute

 Devi

a goddess

 Dhanu

a bow

 Dhanurasana

the bow posture

 Dharana

concentration

 Dharma

the law, duty, way of life

 Dhasanjaya

a vital air that stays in the body after death, sometimes bloating the corpse

 Dhenu

a cow

 Dhirata

strength

 Dhwani

a resonant sound

 Dhyana

contemplation

 Dirgha

long

 Diti

mother of the daityas demons

 Dradhasana

the side relaxation posture

 Drashta

consciousness, the 'witness'

 Dridhata

strength

 Duhkha

pain, grief

 Dvesha

hatred

 Dvi

two, both

 Dvi-pada

two feet

 Eka

one, single

 Eka Pada Hastasana

the one leg posture

 Eka Pada Kakasana

the one leg crow posture

 Eka Pada Sirsasana

the leg-behind-head posture

 Ekgara

one-pointed

 Ekamevadvitiyam

one without a second

 Gana

Shiva's attendants

 Ganapati

god of luck and wisdom

 Ganda

the cheek

 Garbha-pinda

an embryo

 Garbhasana

the foetus posture

 Garuda

an eagle

 Garudasana

the eagle posture

 Ghata

a pot, the body

 Ghi

clarified butter

 Go

a cow

 Gomukha

musical instrument resembling a cow's face

 Gomukhasana

the cow-faced posture

 Gorakshasana

the cowherd posture

 Gotra

family, race

 Granthi

a knot, obstruction in the chitrini

 Gu

darkness

 Gulma

the spleen

 Guna

a quality of nature

 Gup

guard, hide

 Guptasana

the hidden posture

 Guru

a spiritual teacher, heavy, important

 Ha

the sun

 Hakini

the goddess in ajna

 Hala

a plough

 Halasana

the plough posture

 Hamasana

the altered peacock posture

 Hamsa

a swan

 Hanuman

a monkey chief, son of Anjana and Vayu

 Hanumanasana

the splits

 Hasta

the hand

 Hasta Padangusthasana

the hand-to-big-toe posture

 Hatha

force, against one's will

 Hatha-yoga

union with the supreme via discipline

 Himsa

violence

 Hiranya-kashipu

a demon king, killed by Vishnu

 Ichchha

the will

 Ida

the channel on the left of the spine

 Indriya

organ of sense or action

 Indriya-jaya

mastery of the senses by controlling the desires

 Isha

a form of Shiva

 Ishvara

a supreme being, god

 Ishvara-pranidhana

attentiveness to god

 Jagrata-avastha

complete awareness of the state of the mind

 Jalandhara

bandha where the chin rests in the notch between the collar bones

 Janma

birth, incarnation

 Janu

the knee

 Janu Sirsasana

the head-knee posture

 Japa

repetition of a mantra

 Jathara

the stomach

 Jathara Parivartanasana

the belly-turning posture

 Jati

circumstances of life to which one is born

 Jaya

victory

 Jiva

a creature

 Jivana

life

 Jivatma

the individual soul

 Jnana

knowledge, especially spiritual knowledge

 Jnanendriya

an organ of knowledge, i.e. the five senses

 Jyotir Dhyana

luminous contemplation

 Jyotis

inner light

 Kailasa

a Himalayan mountain, home of Shiva

 Kaivalya

spiritual independence and freedom

 Kakasana

the crow posture

 Kakini

the goddess in anahata

 Kalabhairavasana

Lord Kalabhairava's posture

 Kali-yuga

the current, pleasure-loving age

 Kama

desire for material pleasures, the god of passion

 Kama-dhenu

the heavenly cow

 Kanda

a knot, the place where the three main nadis join

 Kandasana

the upward ankle-twist posture

 Kapala

the skull

 Kapalabhati

a process to clear the sinuses

 Kapota

a dove

 Kapotasana

the dove posture

 Karma

work, action, the law of cause and effect

 Karmaphala

the result of an action

 Karma-yoga

unselfish actions

 Karmendriya

an action organ, e.g. the hands or feet

 Karnapidasana

the ear-press posture

 Kartikeya

the god of war, was reared by the Pleiades

 Karuna

pity, tenderness

 Kathanta

howness

 Katikasana

the front-stretching posture

 Kaustubha

one of Vishnu's jewels

 Kaya

the body

 Kayika

pertaining to the body

 Kevala

whole, pure

 Khandapitasana

the ankle-twist posture

 Khechari

mudra where the tongue is inserted in the upper cavity

 Khyati

an outlook of knowledge

 Kleshas

the five sources of trouble and suffering

 Kona

an angle

 Koshas

bodies or sheaths

 Krauncha

a heron

 Krikara

one of the vital airs, causes coughing and sneezing

 Krishna

the eighth incarnation of vishnu

 Krishnasana

the Krishna posture

 Kriya

cleaning

 Krounchasana

the heron posture

 Krttikas

the Pleiades

 Kshatriyas

the caste of princes and warriors

 Kshipta

neglected or distracted

 Kukutasana

the cockerel posture

 Kumbha

a pot

 Kumbhaka

holding the breath

 Kunda

starting place of kundalini

 Kundala

coil of rope

 Kundalini

a coiled female snake, the latent energy at the base of the spine

 Kurma

a tortoise, one of the vital airs - controls blinking

 Kurmasana

the tortoise (leg-lock) posture

 Kutichaka

the hut-builder