ORIENTAL SERIES.

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KARUSHAS. A people of Malwa, inliabiting the "back of
the Vindhya mountains. They are said to "be descended from
Karusha, one of the sons of the Mann Vaivnswata.
KAjSL Benares.
KA/Sl KEAJV77A. A long poem, forming a part of the
Skanda Purana. It gives a very minute description of the
temples of Siva in and around Benares, and is presumably anterior
to the Mahomedan conquest. See Skanda Purana,
KASYAPA, A Yedic sage to whom some hymns are attri-
buted. All authorities agree in assigning to him a large part
in the work of creation. According to the Maha-bharata, the
Ramayana, and the Puranas, he was the son of Marlchi, the son
of Brahma, and he was father of Yivaswat, the father of Manu,
the progenitor of mankind The Satapatha Brahmana gives
a different and not very intelligible account of his origin
"
thus : Having assumed the form of a tortoise, Prajapati
created offspring. That which he created he made (oka/rot) ;
hence the word Mrma (tortoise). Kasyapa means tortoise;
hence men say, *
All creatures are descendants of Kasyapa.'
This tortoise is the same as Aditya." The Atharva-veda says,
"The self-born Kasyapa sprang from Time," and Time is
often identical with Vishnu. The Maha-bharata and later
authorities agree in representing that Kasyapa married Aditi
and twelve other daughters of Daksha. Upon Aditi he
begat the Adityas, headed by Indra, and also Yivaswat, and
"to Yivaswat was born the wise and mighty Manu," The
Ramayana and Vishnu Parana also state that "Vishnu was
born as a dwarf, the son of Aditi and Kasyapa," By his
other twelve wives he had a numerous and very diversified
offspring: demons, nagas, reptiles, birds, and all kinds of
living things. He was thus the father of all, and as such is
sometimes called Prajapati. He is one of the seven great .ffishis,
and he appears as the priest of Parasu-rama and Rama-chandra,
KA-TANTRA. A Sanskrit grammar by Sarva-varman.
Edited by Eggeling for the Bibliotheca Indica.
KAfA-PRtX f Worm/ A class of beings similar to or iden-
tical with the Vidyardharas.
KATHA. Name of a Upanishad (cj,.v.).
It has Been
translated by Dr. Roer in the Bibliotheca Indica.
KA2 T
HAILA. A school or recension of the Yajur-veda,