The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1228 page)

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Kan’ami Kiyotsugu
(N
writer)
:
see
N
.
K
ñc
pura
(Conjeevaram)
.
One of the seven Hindu holy cities, near Madras, a centre of pilgrimage, with mainly
aivite
and
Vai
avite
temples.
Kañcuka
(‘armour’). In
Kashmir
aivism
, the five ways in which
m
y
covers over pure consciousness (
uddha sa
vid
). The five are:
kal
, limitation of efficacy;
vidy
, limited knowledge;
r
ga
, passion;
k
la
, time; and
niyati
, fixed order or limitation relating to space and cause.

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