ORIENTAL SERIES.

KAIKASIKAKSHIVAT. 139
KAIKA.SL Daughter of the Eakshasa Su-mali and his wife
Ketu-mati, wife of Visravas and mother of Kavana Muir, iv.
487, 488.
KAIKEYA. Name of a country and of its king. He was
father-in-law of Krishna, and his five sons were allies of the
Pandavas. His real name appears to have been Dlmshtfa-
ketu.
KAIKEYAS, KEKAYAS. The people of Kaikeya, one of
the chief nations in the war of the Maha-bharata. The Bama-
yana places them in the west, beyond the Saraswatl and Byas.
KAIKEYI. A princess of Kaikeya, wife of King Dasa-ratha,
and mother of Bharata, his third son. She carefully tended
Dasa-ratha when he was wounded in battle, and in gratitude he
promised to grant any two requests she might make. Urged by
the malignant counsels of Manthara, a female attendant, she
made use of this promise to procure the exile of Kama, and to
promote the advancement of her own son, Bharata, to his place.
See Dasa-ratha, Kama.
KAILASA. A mountain in the Himalayas, north of the
Manasa lake. /Siva's paradise is said to be on Mount Kailasa,
so also is Kuvera's abode. It is called also Gana-parvata and
silver mountain/
KAITABHA. Kaitfabha and Madhu were two horrible
Kajatadri, c
demons, who, according to the Maha-bharata and the Puranas,
sprang from the ear of Vishnu while he was asleep at the end of
a kalpa, and were about to kill Brahma, who was lying on the
lotus springing from Vislmu's navel. Vishnu killed them, and
hence he obtained the names of Kaifabha-jit and Madhu-sudana.
The Markamfeya Pura?ia attributes the death of Kai/abha to
Uma, and she bears the title of*" Kaitabha. The Hari-vansa
states that the earth received its name of Mediin from the
marrow (medus) of these demons. In one passage it says that
their bodies, being thrown into the sea, produced an immense
quantity of marrow or fat, which Nirayana used in forming the
earth. In another place it says that the tnedas quite covered
the earth, and so gave it the name of Medini This is another
of the many etymological inventions.
KAKSHIVAT, KAKSHlVAK A Yedic sage, particularly
connected with the worship of the Aswins. He was the son of
Dirgha-tamas and Usij (q.v.), and is author of several hymns in