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KlCHAKAKIRITIN.
KlCHAEA- Brother-in-law of the king of Tirana, who was
commander of the forces and general director of the affairs of
the kingdom. He made love to Draupadi, and was slain by
Bhima, who rolled his bones and flesh into a ball,
could tell how he was killed.
so that no one
ELlKATA. A country inhabited by people who were not
Aryans ; it is identified with Magadha or South Bihar.
KILATAKULL (Kilata + Akuli.) Two priests of the Asuras,
,
who, according to the $atapatha BrahmaTia, exercised a special
influence between Manu and an " Asura-slaying voice."
KIM-PUETJSHA. * What man V An indescribable man ;
one of a low type, partaking of the nature and appearance of
animals. In later times it is synonymous with Kin-nara. Name
of a region between Himavat and Hema-kufo. (See Jambu-dwipa.)
Also of a king of the latter region.
KIN-NABAS. 'What menf Mythical beings with the
form of a man and the head of a horse. They are celestial
choristers and musicians, dwelling in the paradise of Kuvera on
Kailasa. They sprang from the toe of Brahma with the Yakshas,
but according to others, they are sons of Kasyapa. They are
also called Aswa-mukhas Turanga-vaktras,
'
horse-faced/ and
Mayus.
KIKATARJUNlYA. A poem descriptive of the combat
between Siva in. the guise of a Kirata or mountaineer and the
J?&ndu prince Arjuna. The story is first told in the Maha-
bharata, and has been worked up in this artificial poem of
eighteen cantos by Bharavi. Part of it has been translated into
German by Schiitz. There are several editions of the text
See Arjuna.
KIRATAS. Foresters and mountaineers living in the moun
tains east of Hindustan. is (There a tribe in the Central Hima
layas called Kirantis.) They are described in the Ramayawa as
" islanders, who eat raw fish, live in the waters, and are men-
"
tigers (men below and tigers above, according to the commenta-
tor). Their females are described as " gold-coloured and pleasant
to behold," and as having " sharp-pointed hair-knots."
They are perhaps the Cirrhadse placed on the Coromandel coast
by classic writers.
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KIElTIN. Crowned with
and also of Arjuna,
a diadem,' A title of India