ORIENTAL SERIES.

138 KACHA KAHODA.
the conduct of the war against Bavana, He was also called
Danu.
KACHA. A son of Bnhaspati According to the Mahabharata
he became a disciple
of Sukra or Usanas, the priest of
the Asuras, with the object of obtaining from him the mystic
power of restoring the dead to life, a charm which $ukra alone
possessed. To prevent this the Asuras killed Kacha again and
again, but on both occasions he was restored to life by the
sage at the intercession of Devayani, his daughter, who had
fallen in love with Kacha. They killed him a third time, burnt
his body, and mixed his ashes with $ukra's wine, but Devayani
again implored her father to bring back the young man. Unable
to resist his daughter's importunity, $ukra once more performed
the charm, and to his surprise heard the voice of Kacha come
out from his own belly. To save his own life, Sukra taught hia
pupil the great charm. He then allowed himself to be ripped
open, and Kacha, upon coming out, performed the charm, and
restored his master to life. This incident is said to have caused
Sukra to prohibit the use of wine to Brahmans. Kacha resisted
the proposals of Devayani, and refused to make her his wife.
She then cursed him, that the charms he had learnt from her
father should be powerless, and he in return condemned her to be
sought by no Brahman, and to become the wife of a Kshatriya.
KADAMBARI. A daughter of Chitra-ratha and Madiril
Her name has been given to a well-known prose work, a kind of
novel, written by Vawa or Bam-bhatf/a, in the seventh century.
The work has been printed at Bombay.
KADRtJ. A daughter of Daksha, and one of the thirteen
that were married to Kasyapa. She was mother of "a thousand
powerful many-headed serpents, the chief amongst whom were
$esha, Vasuki, . . . and many other fierce and venomous serpents."
The Vishnu Purawa, from which this is taken, names
twelve, the Vayu Purirna forty. Her offspring bear the metro-
nymic Kadraveya,
KAHODA. A learned Brahman, father of Ash/avakra. He
with many others was overcome in argument at the court of
Janaka by a Buddhist sage, and as a penalty was thrown into
the river. Some years afterwards he was recovered by his son,
who overcame the supposed Buddhist sage, and thus brought
about a restoration. See Ash/avakra.