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called also Mahasena (Sriharsha's Priyadarsikd, Acts I, III), king of Ujjayinî. He was converted to Buddhism by Pindola (Dr. Rhys Davids' Buddhist India, p. 7), and it was Udayana who first made an image of Buddha who was his contemporary. The image was of sandal-wood, five feet in height. The second image was made by Prasenajit, king of Kosala, who was also a contemporary of Buddha. It was made of gold (Dr. Edkin's Chinese Buddhism, p. 49), but according to Fa Hian, Prasenjit's image was also made of Gosirsha Chandana (sandal-wood). The Vasavadattá by Subhandu, probably written at the beginning of the 9th century A. D., relates the story of Vasavadatta and Udayana. Vararuchi, called also Katyayana, the author of the Varttikas, is said to have been born at Kausâmbi and became the minister of Nanda, king of Pataliputra (Katha-sarit-sågara, I, ch. 3).
Kauaki-1. The river Kusi (Râmâyana, Adi, ch. 34; Bardha P., ch. 140). According to tradition, the Kusi in remote ages passed south-east by the place where Tajpur is now situated, and thence towards the east until it joined the Brahmaputra, having no com. municatian with the Ganges. When the Kust joined the Ganges, the united mass of water opened the passage now called the Padmâ, and the old channel of the Bhagirathi from Songli (Suti) to Nadia was then left comparatively dry (Martin's Eastern India, III, p. 15). This junction must have taken place at some period between the third century A.D., when the Sultanganj Jahnu was established, and the 7th century A.D. At Jot-narahari, the Kusi joins the Ganges, and the junction is a place of pilgrimage (Martin's Eastern India, III, p. 84). 2. A branch of the Drish advati (Chitang) in Kurukshetra (Vamana P., ch. 34).
Kausik-Kachchha-The district of Purnea. Kausiki-Sangama-1. The confluence of the Kusi and the Ganges on the opposite side of Kahalgaon and to the north of Pâtharghâțâ in the district of Bhagalpur in Bengal. 2. The confluence of the rivers Drishadvatî and the Kausiki (Padma P., Svarga Kh., ch. 12). The confluence is near the village of Balu on the Rakshi river, 17 miles to the south of Thanesvara. (Arch. 8. Rep., Vol. XIV, p. 88.) Kautalakapura Same as Kuntalakapura (Jaimini-Bharata, ch. 53). KAver-1. The Kaveri, a river in southern India which rises from a spring called Chandra. tirtha (Kurma P., II, ch. 37) in the Brahmagiri mountain in Coorg (Skanda P., Kaveri Mâhât., chs. 11-14; Rice's Mysore and Coorg, III, pp. 8 and 85). The Kaverifall at Sivasamudra is one of the most picturesque sights in southern India. 2. The northern branch of the Nerbuds near Mandhâtâ (Omkaranatha) mentioned in the Purdṇas (Padma P., Svarga Kh., ch. 8; Matsya P., ch. 188). The junction of the Nerbuda and the Kaveri is considered to be a sacred place. Kayabarohana-Same as Karavana (Skanda P., Prabhâsa Kh., I, ch. 79). Kedara Kedaranatha, situated on the southern side of the junction of the Mandakini and the Dudhgangâ. The temple of the Kedâranâtha, one of the twelve great Lingas of Mahadeva, is built on a ridge jutting out at right angle from the snowy range of the Rudra Himalaya below the peak of the Mahâpanthâ in the district of Garwal, United Provinces (see Amareivara). A sacred stream called Mandakini or the Kali-gadgå has its rise about two days' journey from Kedârnâtha from a lake which is said to produce blue lotus, and it joins the Alakananda at Rudraprayaga. It requires eight days to go from Kedâra to Badrinath, although the distance along a straight line between them is short. It is 15 or 16 days' journey from Haridvåra to Kedarnaths.
