Kala loka
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plane that comes under the influence of time and its secondary aspect, space ...
Kala Bhairavasana
Kala Bhairava is Shiva in his terrible or gruesome aspect as Destroyer of the Universe, a personification of the destructive principle as Kali.
kala Time (in its essentiality); Spirit of the Time, Zeitgeist.
kalasa jar.
Kalasamhara [Siva as the destroyer of Time or Death] ...
Kala - cycle of time
Kala - [accented differently in Sanskrit] literally "power" or ability
Kali yuga - the era of time in which we are now living ...
Sa tu dirgha-kala-nairantarya-satkarasevito drdha-bhumih
- Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras I.14
Moreover, that practice has a firm ground when attended to for a long time, without interruption, and with devotion to truth.
Jati-desa-kala-samayanavacchinnah sarvabhauma aha-vratam.
Jati = (by) class, birth-type; Desa = place; kala = time (and) occasion, circumstances, condition; samayanavacchinnah = not-limited, qualified or conditioned; ...
Then there is kala, which is the different manifestations of matter, energy, the elements and other unknown elements beyond the range of human conception and awareness.
In Hawaii, the sacred light of the sun, not the light we see but the esoteric radiation from the spirit of the sun, is called Kala Kea. Radiating outward from the sun, beams of Kala Kea are the petals of the true flower of the sun.
[138] The two most common forms of the dance are the Tandava, which later came to denote the powerful and masculine dance as Kala-Mahakala associated with the destruction of the world.
Ida and Pingala indicate Kala (time) and Sushumna swallows time. The Yogi knows the time of his death; takes his Prana into Sushumna; keeps it in Brahmarandra, and defies time (Kala"death).
The origin of shukra dhatu is in shukradhar kala in shukravah strota all over the body. Though the testicles and the eggs are the main origins for this, actually shukra dhatu is produced all over the body in a miniscule form.
Kala (time)
7. Asana (posture)
8. Mula-bandha (root lock)
9. Deha-samya (body equilibrium)
10. Drik-sthiti (steadiness of vision)
11. Pranayama / Prana-samyamana / Prana-samrodha (breath control)
12. Pratyahara (sense withdrawal)
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(6) right time (kala)
(7) posture (asana)
(8) root lock (mula-bandha)
(9) bodily equilibrium (deha-samya)
(10) stability of vision (dhrik-sthiti)
(11) control of the life force (prana-samrodha)
(12) sensory inhibition (pratyahara) ...
Physical life is very short. We should not imagine that we can live in this body for ages together: "What does it matter? Slowly, I will do it." There is no question of doing it slowly. By that time, kala will come and catch our throat.
It is reminded by Pattabhi Jois that these benefits come with consistent practice over a long period of time! In yoga terms this would be called durga kala (very long time) and nairantarya (without break).
 See also: Mind, Body, Power, Spirit, Yoga
  
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