Kasvin

See Kasbin. Kataba (kä-ta'ba), or Catawba (ka-tab a). A division of North American Indians, which included in the last century about 28 confederated tribes. A few of these were in North Carolina, but most of them were in South Carolina. The principal tribe in the latter State was the Kataba, and the chief one in the for. great) 'tantra' ('thread,' 'warp,' 'fundamental doctrine, and then 'work' or 'division of a wor work').] A Sanskrit grammar by Sarvavarman, of peculiar interest in its apparent relation to the Pali grammar of Kachchayana. It is said to be the special grammar of the Kashmir as, and to have been Katha (katha). 1. A Hindu sage, the founder the subject of numerous commentaries from the 12th to of a school of the Yajurveda.-2. An Up an is had (which see) probably more widely known than any other. It forms part of the Persian translation rendered into French by Anquetil Duperron, was translated into English by Rammohun Roy, and is quoted by English, French, and German writers as a specimen of the mystic philosophy of the Hindus. It has been most recently translated into English by Müller ("Sacred Books of the East," Vol. XV) and Whitney ("Trans. of the American Philological A ociation," Vol. XXI). The Up an is had profe es to be an explanation of death and of a future life, drawn against his will from the mouth of Death himself. Its interest is also occurs in the Taittiriyabrahmana. increased by its story of Nach i ketas (which see), whichh Katharnava (ka-t-här'na-va). stories.'] tively modern stories, in Sanskrit, attributed to Shivadasa. From them are said to have come portions of the Hindi Baital Pachisi and the Bengali Batrish Singh as an. [Skt., 'sea of A collection of about 35 compara Kat has a rits agar a (ka-t-hä-sa-rit-sä'ga-ra). [Skt., 'ocean of the streams of story.'] A. collection of stories in Sanskrit by Somadevabhatta of Kashmir, drawn from a larger work, the Brihatkatha, and made between 1063 and 1081 A. D. The work contains 22,000 distichs, or not quite twice as much as the Iliad and Ody ey together. The text has been edited by Brockhaus (Leipsic, 1839-66), and translated by Tawney (Calcutta, 1880-84). Kathay. See Cathay . Katherine, or Katharine. See Catharine. Katherine (kath'e-rin). 1. The Shrew in Shakspere's comedy "The Taming of the Shrew." She is the daughter of Baptist a, and is married to Petruchio, and tamed by his rough treatment. -2. A lady in attendance on the Prince of France in Shakspere's "Love's Labour's Lost." Katherine and Petruchio. A play condensed and adapted from Shakspere's "Taming of the Shrew" by Garrick, produced in 1754. It is still played. Kathiawar (kät-e-ä-wär'), or Kattywar (kät-ewär'). A peninsula in western India, projecting into the Arabian Sea between the Gulf of Kachlh and the Gulf of Cambay. It comprises many native states. Area, 20,559 square miles. ropulation (1891), 2,752,404 Katishtya. See San Felipe . Katkoff (kät-kof'), Mikhail Nikiforovitch. Born at Moscow, 1820: died near Moscow, Aug. 1, 1887. A Ru ian journalist, editor of the Moscow Gazette” since 1861: noted as a leader of the Panslavists. Katlamat. See Cathlamet . Katmandu. See Khatmandu . Katrine (kat'rin), Loch. A lake in southwestern Perth shire, Scotland, 25 miles north of Glasgow. It is noted for the beauty of its scenery. It contains Ellen's Isle, etc., familiar from Scott's "Lady of the Lake." The water-supply of Glasgow is obtained from this lake. Length, 8 miles. Katsena (kä-tsā'nä). See Hausa . Katsena Katsena, or Katsina (kat-sē'nä). A town in Sokoto, Sudan, central Africa, about 150 miles east of Sokoto. Population, 7,500. Kattowitz (kät'to-vits). A manufacturing town in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, 57 miles southeast of Oppeln. Population (1890), commune, 16,513. Kattywar. See Kathiawar . Katunski (kä-tön's ki), or Katun, Alps. The highest range of the Altai, in the government of Tomsk, Siberia. For the highest summits (the Katunski Pillars), see Altai . Katwa, or Cutwa (kut'wä). A town in Bardwan district, Bengal, British India, situated at the junction of the Bhagirathi and Ajai, 77 miles north of Calcutta. Population, about 8,000. Katwykor Katwijk-aan-Zee (kät'vik-änza'). A watering-place in the province of South Holland, Netherlands, at the mouth of the Old Rhine 23 miles southwest of Amsterdam. Population (1889), commune, 6,731. Katyayana (kät-yä'ya-na). [Skt., descendant of the Katya family.'] The celebrated Sanskrit author of the Varttikas or supplementary rules to Panini, of the Yajurvedapratishakhya, and of the Shrautasutras. Hiouen-Tsang represents a doctor Kia to yan na as living at Tam as a van a in the Panjab 300 years after Buddha's death, or 60 B. Cich ( Weber .) Kat has a rits agar a identifies him with Vararuchi, ister of Nanda, father of Chan drag upta, according to which he flourished about 350 в. с. Katzbach (käts'bäch). A small tributary of the Oder, which it joins 30 miles west-northwest of Breslau. It is noted for the battle fought Aug. 26, 1813, on its banks, near Wahlstatt, in which the Allies (90,000) under Blücher defeated the French (100,000) under donald. The French lost 12,000 in killed and wounded. Katzimo (kät-sēmō). The Queres name for a mesa or table-rock rising about 500 feet above the basin of Acoma, and a few miles from the rock on which that pueblo is built. The Spanish name for it is Mesa Encantada , 'enchanted mesa. The folk-lore tells that there was once a village on the top of Katzimo, but that one part of the rock fell in, and the inhabitants, cut off from the valley beneath, were starved to death. The rock is inacce ible at present. Kauai (kou-i'). One of the Hawaiian Islands, situated in the northwest of the group, in lat. 22° N., long. 159°30′ W. The surface is mountainous. The chief product is sugar. Area, 544 square miles. Also Ataui or Atooi . Population (1900), 20,562. Kaufbeuren (kouf'boi-ren). A town in the district of Swabia and Neuburg, Bavaria, situated on the Wertach 47 miles west-southwest of Munich. It was formerly a free imperial city. Population (1890), commune, 7,331. Kauffmann (kouf'män), Marie Angélique Catharine. Born at Coire. Grisons, Switzerland, Oct. 30, 1741: died at Rome, Nov. 5, 1807. A Swi historical and portrait painter, known as Angelica Kauffmann. She went to England in 1765, after pa ing many years in Italy, where she first attracted attention as an artist. She made an unfortunate marriage with an adventurer who pa ed for a Count Horn whose valet he had been. Her second husband was an Italian painter named Antonio Zucchi. In 1781 she left London and returned to Rome. She painted many pictures, which are represented in the principal galleries of London and the Continent. at Kaufmann, or Kauffmann, Konstantin Petrovitch. Born near Ivangorod, government of St. Petersburg, Ru ia, March 3, 1818: died Tashkend, Asiatic Ru ia, May 16, 1882. A Ru ian general. He was appointed military governor of Turkestan in 1867; conquered Sam ark and in 1868; com manded the expedition against Khiva in 1873; and conquered Khokand in 1875. Kaulbach (koul'bäch), Fried rich August. chancellor and chief minister 1753-92, and formed the coa lition against Frederick the Great 1756. is Kauravas (kou'ra-vaz). [Skt., 'descendants of Kuru.'] A patronymic applied especially to the sons of Dhritarashtra. See Mahabharata . Kaus (kas). [Ar. qaus , a bow.] A name common to the three stars λ, δ, and & Sagittarii. a, of the fourth magnitude, is Kaus Borealis; 8, of the third, Kaus Media; and, of the second, is Kaus Australis. Kaus. See Kusan . Kaushambi (kou-shäm'be). The capital of Vatsa, near the junction of the Ganges and the Jumna: the scene of the drama Ratnavali (which see). Kautilya (kou'til-ya). Another name of Chanakya, avainister of of Chan drag upta. See Chana kya . Kautsa (kout'sa). A rationalistic Hindu phi losopher who regarded the Veda as devoid of meaning, meaning, and the Brahman as as false interpretations. He lived before Yaska, the author of the Nirukta, who replied to him. Kavala (kä-vä'lä), or Kavallo (kä-väl'lō). A town in the vilayet vilayet of Saloniki, Turkey, situated on Kavala Bay 80 miles east-northeast of Saloniki: the ancient Neapolis. Population, about 5,000. Kavanagh (kav'a-näh), Julia. Born at Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland, Jan. 7, 1824: died at Nice, France, Oct. 28, 1877. A British novelist. Among her works are "Madeleine" (1848), "Nathalie" (1850), "Daisy Burns" (1853), "Grace Lee" (1855), "Queen Mab" (1863), "John Dorrien" (1875), etc. She also wrote "French Women of Letters” and “English Women of Letters" (1862). Kavasha (ka'va-sha). A Rishi to whom several hymns of the Rigveda are ascribed. The Aitareyabrahmana relates that the Rishis when sacrificing on the Sarasvati drove away Kavasha as the son of a slave, and unworthy to drink the sacred water of the river. When to Kavasha was alone in the desert, a prayer was revealed to him by which he prevailed upon the Sarasvati to sur their companionship. round him, whence the Rishis, persuaded, admitted him Kaveri, or Cavery, river in southern India, flowing into the Bay of or Cauvery (kâ've-ri). A Bengal by a delta about lat. 11° N. It is much used for irrigation. Length, about 475 miles. Kavi (ka'vệ). [From Skt. kavi , poet, or kāvya , poem.] The ancient sacred language of Java. Java has 3 languages - the vulgar, the polite, and the ancient all having words in varying proportions from the Sanskrit, Arabic, and Telugu, as the result of immigration and commerce, though the general structure is Malay. The Sanskrit is traced to a Hindu immigration about 2,000 years ago. In the Kavi is written the Javanese literature, largely of Hindu origin. The Kavi language and Hinduism were driven from Java to the little island of Bali in the 15th century. Wilhelm von Humboldt made a special study of the language 1836-40. Kaviraja (ka-vi-rä'ja). [Skt., 'the king of poets.'] The author of the Sanskrit poem Raghavapandaviya, which is highly esteemed in India. It treats in the same words at once the story of the Ramayana and that of the Mahabharata, and is one of the most characteristically artificial poems of its cla . Its date is certainly later than the 10th century. Kavirondo (kä-vē-ron'dō). A tribe of British East Africa, at the northeast end of Lake Victoria. It is split into many clans, pursues agriculture, herding, and fishing, and speaks a language distinct from Bantu, and said to resemble the Shilluk. The tribe is not yet satisfactorily cla ified. Kavyadarsha (käv-ya-där's ha). [Skt.: kāvya , poem, and ādarsha , mirror-'mirror of poems.'] A Sanskrit treatise on poetics, written by Dan din in the 6th century. Kavyani (ka-vya-nē'). In Persian mythology, the standard of Kawah: a leathern apron reared on a spear, used by Kawah as a standard when he summoned Faridun to overthrow Dahak. the Mohammedan conquest it was the royal standard of Persia. Enlarged little by little to receive the jewels added by succe ive kings, it was 22 feet by 15 feet in size when it fell into the hands of the Arabs at the battle of Kadisi Born at Hannover, June 2, 1850. A genre-and Faridun adorned it with gold and precious stones, and until portrait-painter, son and pupil of Fried rich Kaulbach. He settled in Munich in 1872, and became director of the Art Academy there. Kaulbach, Wilhelm von. Born at Arolsen in Waldeck, Oct. 15, 1805: died at Munich, April 7, 1874. A historical painter, a pupil, at the Düs seldorf Academy, of Cornel i us whom he fol lowed in 1825 to Munich. In 1839 he went to Rome. In 1847 he went to Berlin to decorate the Treppenhaus of the new museum, a work which occupied him many years. In 1849 he was appointed director of the academy at Munich. He made many book illustrations, particularly for "Reynard the Fox," Goethe's "Faust" and other works, and Shakspere, Schiller, and Wagner, etc. Kaumains. See Comanche . Kaumodaki (kou-mod a-ke). The club of Krishna, given him by Varuna when engaged with him in fighting against Indra and burning the Khandava forest. Kaunitz (kou'nits), Prince Wenzel Anton von, Count of Rietberg. Born at Vienna, Feb. 2,1711: died June 27, 1794. A noted Austrian statesman. As minister to France (1750-52) he formed an alliance between France and Austri. He was state yah (A.D. 636). The soldier who took it received in exchange the armor of the Persian general Galenus and 30,000 pieces of gold. The flag was cut up and distributed to the army with the general ma of the booty. Kavyaprakasha (kävya-pra-kä'sha). [Skt., 'elucidation of poems.'] A Sanskrit treatise on poetics, written by Mammata of Kashmir in the 12th century. Kaw. See Kansa . Kawah (ka-we'). In Persian mythology, the blacksmith who asked redre against Dahak (see Azhi Dahaka ) for the sixteen sons slain to feed his serpents, and, on the restoration of the remaining son, excited a rebellion and sum moned Faridun to restore justice. Kawita. See Creek . Kay(ki). A village in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia, 5 miles west of Züllichau. Here, in the Seven Years' War, the Pru ians under Von Wedell were defeated by the Ru ians, with a lo of 8,000 (July 23, 1759). Kean, Edmund Kay (kā), John. Born near Bury, Lancashire, July 16, 1704: died, it is said, in France, some time after 1764. An English inventor. In 1733 he was granted a patent for the "fly-shuttle," and in 1745 another patent for a "power-loom" for narrow goods. His inventions were stolen, a mob wrecked his house, and he himself fled to France where he died in destitution. Kay, John. Born near Dalkeith, April, 1742: died at Edinburgh, Feb. 21, 1826. A Scottish painter and etcher. His "Portraits" are a collection of clever caricatures of the Edinburgh celebrities of his time. Kay, Sir, called "The Rude" and "The Boastful." In the Arthur i an tales, the foster-brother of Arthur, who made him his seneschal. He was treacherous and malicious. Also spelled Ke , Kei , Queux , Keux , etc. Kayanian (ke-ya'ni-an). The collective name of several Iranian kings whose names begin with Kai. See Kai . Kayanush (ke-ya-nush'). In the Shahnamah, a brother of Faridun who, in envy, with another brother Purmayah tries to destroy Faridun. See Purmayah . Kaye (kā), Sir John William. Born at Acton, Middle sex, 1814: died at London, July 24, 1876. An English historical and biographical writer. He succeeded John Stuart Mill in the political and secret department of the India Office. His works include "His tory of the War in Afghanistan" (1851), “Administration of the East India Company" (1853), "The History of the Sepoy War in India 1857-58" (1864-76). Kayes (kä-yās'). A town in the French po e ions of West Africa, on the Senegal about lat. 14° 30′ Ν. Kaysersberg (ki'zers-berg). A small town in Alsace, 6 miles northwest of Colmar. It was an imperial residence. Kazali (kä-zä'lē), or Kazala (-lä). A fortified trading town in the government of Sir-Daria, Asiatic Ru ia, situated on the Sir-Daria in lat. 45° 45′ N., long. 62° 10′ E. Kazan, or Kasan (kä-zän'). 1. A government of eastern Ru ia, surrounded by Viatka, Ufa, Samara, Simbirsk, and Nijni-Novgorod. It is traversed by the Volga and the Kama. Area, 24,601 square miles. Population (1891), 2,208,917. 2. The capital of the government of Kazan, situated near the Volga about lat. 55° 47′ Ν., long. 49° 7' E.: the ancient capital of the Kiptchak khanate. It is a flourishing commercial center; manufactures cloth, leather, etc.; and is the seat of a university founded in 1804. It was conquered and annexed by Ru ia in 1552. The cathedral, within the picturesque battlemented and towered inclosure of the Kremlin citadel, was built in 1562, and resembles the Cathedral of the A umption at Moscow. The curious belfry, of later date than the church, displays marked Tatar characteristics in its Ru ian architecture. The Sumbeki Tower, be lived to use in the most h of Kazan, with subsequent restorations, is the most remarkable structure in Kazan. It is built of brick, and is pyramidal in outline, rising in 4 stages to a height of 244 feet. The summit is crowned by the imperial arms surmounted by a gilt ball. Population (1897), 131,508. Kazanlik, or Kasanlik (kä-zänʻlik), or Kezanlyk (ke-zänʻlik). A town in Eastern Rumelia, Bulgaria, situated near the Tundja 44 miles northeast of Philippopolis. It is noted for the production of attar of roses. It was captured in Jan., 1878, by the Ru ians from the Turks, who thereupon surrendered the Shipka Pa . Population (1888), 9,480. Kazbek, or Kasbek (käz'bek). One of the chief peaks of the Caucasus, overlooking the Dariel Pa about 75 miles north of Tiflis. In legend this was the scene of the punishment of Pro me the us. Height, 16,533 feet. Kazerun (kä-zā-rön'). A small town in the province of Farsistan, Persia, 51 miles west of Shiraz. Kazinczy (koz'int-se), Ferencz. Born at ErSemelyén, Bihar, Hungary, Oct. 27, 1759: died in the county of Zemplin, Hungary, Aug. 22, 1831. A Hungarian author. He translated various Greek, Latin, German, French, and English cla ics into Magyar.