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T., p. 149. Kabale und Liebe (kä-bä'le önt le'be). A tragedy by Schiller, published in 1784. Kabandha (ka-band'ha). In the Ramayana, a monstrous Rakshasa slain by Rama. Mortally wounded, he asked Rama to burn his body; and, coming out of the fire in his real shape as a Gandharva (which see), advised Rama as to the war with Ravana. Kabarda (kä-bär'dä). A mountainous region on the northern slope of the Caucasus, belong ing to the Terek territory, Ru ia. Kabbala, or Cabala (kab'a-lä). [ Heb.qabbalah , reception, the mysterious doctrine received traditionally.] The theosophy or mystic philosophy of the Hebrew religion, which grew up mainly after the beginning of the 10th century, and flourished to the present time. The Kabbala employed itself in a mystic explanation of Deity and cosmogony, and in the creation of hidden meanings for the sacred Hebrew writings, thus drawing into its province all the Hebrew law and philosophy. Later Kabbalists pretended to find wonderful meanings even in the letters and forms of the sacred texts, and made for themselves elaborate rules of interpretation.