ORIENTAL SERIES.

172 KUNTI-BHQJAKUSAMBA .
KUNTLBHOJA. King of the people called Kuntis. The
adoptive father of Kunti,
KURMA-AVATAR.
KURMA PURAiVA.
The tortoise incarnation. See Avatara.
That in which Janardana (Vishnu),
in the form of a tortoise, in the regions under the earth, ex-
plained the objects of life duty, wealth, pleasure, and liberation,
in communication with Indra-dyumna and the Bishis in
the proximity of Sakra, which refers to the Lakshmi Kalpa,
and contains 17,000 stanzas, is the Kurma Purana." The
account which the
tents do not agree
Purana gives of itself
with this description.
and its actual con-
"
The name being
that of an Avatara of Vishnu, might lead us to expect a Yaish-
Tzava work; but it is always and correctly classed with the
aiva Puranas, the greater portion of it inculcating the worship
of Siva and Durga, The date of this Pura?za cannot be very
remote. "
Wilson.
KURIL A prince of the Lunar race, son of Samvarana by
Tapati, a daughter of the sun. He ruled in the north-west of
India over the country about Delhi A people called Kurus,
and dwelling about Kuru-kshetra in that part of India, are con-
nected with Mm. He was ancestor both of Dhnta-rashfra and
Pandu, but the patronymic Kaurava is generally applied to the
sons of the former,
KURU-JAISTGALA. A forest country in the upper part of
the Doab.
KURU-KSHETBA. 'The field of the Kurus/ A plain
near Delhi where the great battle between the Kauravas and
Pawdavas was fought. It lies south-east of Thanesar, not far
from Panipat, the scene of many battles in later days.
KTLSA. One of the twin sons of Rama and Sita. After the
death of Rama, his two sons Kusa and Lava became kings of
the Southern and Northern Kosalas, and Kusa built Kusa-sthali
or Kusavati in the Vindhyas, and made it his capital See Rama.
KILSA-DHWAJA A brother of Janaka, king of Mithila,
and consequently uncle of Sita. His two daughters, Mant/avi
and Srata-klrtti, were married to Eharata and Satru-ghna, the
sons of Janaka. Some make him king of Sankasya, and others
king of KasI, and there are differences also as to his genealogy.
KUSAMBA. Son of Kusa and a descendant of Pururavas.
He engaged in devout penance to obtain a son equal to Indra,