ORIENTAL SERIES.

KAUSAMBIKAVASHA. 155
mother of Dhnta-rashfra and the mother of Pandu both vrare
known by this name, being daughters of a king of KasL
KAILSAMBL The capital of Yatsa, near the junction of the
Ganges and Jumna. An inscription found at Karra on the Ganges
mentions that place as being situated in Kausambi-maftdala, the
circle of Kausanibi; but General Cunningham identifies the
place with the village of Kosam, said to be still called Kosambi-
nagar on the Jumna, about thirty miles above Allahabad. It is
the scene of the drama Eatnavali.
KAUSHlTAKI. i. A sakha of the Etg-veda. 2. (Kaushb
taki) the name of a Brahmawa, an Ara?iyaka, and a Upanishad.
(See those terms.) The Brahmarat has been published with a
translation by Professor Cowell in the Mbliotheca Indica.
KAILSIKA. A devotee mentioned in the Maha-bharata as
having gone to a hell of torment for having pointed out to
robbers a road by which they pursued and killed some who fled from them.
persons
KAUSIKAS. Descendants of Kusika (q.v.). In one of the
hymns of the Rig the epithet is given to Indra.
KAILSIKI. The river Kosi in Bihar, but there were more
rivers than one bearing this name. Satyavati, mother of Jamadagni
is said to have been changed into a river of this name.
KAUSTTJBHA, A celebrated jewel obtained at the churn-
ing of the ocean, and worn by Vishnu or Krzshrca on his bosom.
KAUTILYA. Another name of Chanakya, the minister of
Chandra-gupta. See Chanakya.
KAUTSA. A rationalistic philosopher, who lived before the
days of Yaska the author of the Mrukta. He regarded " the
Veda as devoid of meaning, and the Brahmawas as false interpretations."
Yaska replied to his objections.
KAUTUKA-SAEYASWA, A modern farce, in two acts,
by a Pancftt named Gopl-natha "It is a satire upon princes
who addict themselves to idleness and sensuality, and fail to
patronise the Brahmans." Wilson.
KAVASHA, KAVASHA-AILtTSEA. Son of Ilusha by a
slave girl He was author of several hymns in the tenth book
of the JKg-veda. The Aitar^ya Brahmawa relates that the J&shis
were performing a sacrifice on the banks of the Saraswati, and
that Kavasha was with them ; but they drove him from among
them because he was the son of a slave, and therefore unworthy