A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature / by John Dowson.

Dowson, John, active 1913.

Date:: 1879

Credit: A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature / by John Dowson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$KUNTI-BHOJA. King of the people called KuntLs. Tlie adoptive father of KuntL KURMA-AVATAE. The tortoise incarnation- Avatara. KURiNIA PURAA^A- “ That in which Janardana fS^ishnu), in the form of a tortoise, in the regions under the earth, ex- plained the objects of life—duty, wealth, pleasure, and libera- tion,—in communication with Indra-dyumna and the i?ishis in the proximity of >Sakra, which refers to the Lakshml Kalpa, and contains 17,000 stanzas, is the Kurma Purana.” The account which the PuraTia gives of itself and its actual con- tents do not agree with this description- “ The name being that of an Avatara of Vishim, might lead us to expect a Vaish- 7!ava work; but it is always and correctly classed with the *Saiva Puranas, the greater portion of it inculcating the worship of iS'iva and Durga. The date of this Puraiia cannot be very remote. ”— Wilson. KURU. A prince of the Lunar race, son of Samvarana by Tapatl, a daughter of the sum 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 him- He was ancestor both of Dhrita-rash/ra and Pawc^u, but the patronymic Kaurava is generally applied to the sons of the former. KURU-JANGALA A forest country in the upper part of the Doab. KURU-KSHETRA. ‘The field of the Kurus.’ A plain near Dellii where the great battle between the Kauravas and Panc?avas was fought It lies south-east of Thanesar, not far from Panipat, the scene of many battles in later days. KU^SA One of the twin sons of Rama and SitiL After the death of Riima, his two sons Kusa and Lava became kings of the Southern and Korthern Kosalas, and Ku.sa built Kusa-sthalT or Kusiivati in the Vindliyas, and made it his capital. See Rama- KUS'A-DinVAJA. A brother of Janaka, king of Mithila, and consequently uncle of Situ His two daughters, !Ma7?</avi and (Snita-kirtti, were married to Bharati and (Satru-ghna, the sous of Janaka. Some make him king of Sanka^ya, and others king of Ivfusi, and tliero are differences also as to his genealogj'. KUA\.]\IBA Son of Kusa and a descendant of Pururavas, He engaged in devout penance to obtain a sou equal to Indra,$