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In a fimilar conted between Siva and t1ie Daityss, or chil- 

 dren of Diti, wlio frequently rebelled againft heaven, Brah- 

 ma is faid to have prefented the god of deftruiElion with 

 fiery fiiafts. As the Olympian Jupiter fixed his court 

 and held his councils on a lofty aisd brilliant mountain, 

 fo the appropriated feat of Mahadeva, whom the Saivas 

 confider as the chief of the deities, is mount Kailafa, every 

 fplinter of whofe rocks is an incllimable gem." Kailafa is 

 therefore the Olvmpus of Siva or Mahadeva. See Siva. 

 KAIMACH AN, among the Turks. See Caimachan. 

 KAIMENI, in Geogrr.phy, a fmall ifland in the Grecian 

 Archipelago. N. lat. 36" 57'. E. long, if 26'. 



KAIMOO, a town of Africa, in Bambarra, feated on' 

 the Niger. N. lat. 13- 56'. W. long. 3= 46'. 



KAIMOW, a town of Hindoollan, in Bundelcund ; 

 12 miles N. of Chatterpour. 



K AIN, a town of Perfia, in Coheftan ; 60 miles S.S.W. 

 of Herat. 



KAINER, a town of Perfian Armenia; 24 miles S.E. 

 of Erivan. 



KAINGERSKOI, a fmall ifland in the North Pacific 

 ocean, near the eaft coaft of Kamtfchatka, belonging to 

 RufTia. N. lat. 53"* 40'. E. long. 160". 



KAINSK, a town of RuiTia, in the government of 

 Tobolflc, on the Om. N. lat. 56- 55'. E. long. 77" 54'. 



KAIRA, a town of Hindoollan, in Guzerat ; 10 miles 

 S.S.W. of Mahmoodabad. 



K.-\IRABAD, a town of Hindoollan, and capital of 

 a circar in Oude, to which it gives name. The circar is 

 bounded on the N. by Thibet, on the E. by Bahraitch, on 

 the S. by Lucknow, and on the W. by Rohilcund ; and 

 is about So miles long and from 50 to 76 broad. The 

 town is 86 miles N.W. from Fvzabad. N. lat. 27- 30'. 

 E. long. 81- 8'. 



KA IS ART EH, mcKXwXj Mazaut 2.06. Ctfarea of C.ip- 

 padoc'ia, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the province of Ca- 

 ramania, the capital of a Sangiakat, fituated at the foot of 

 a mountain^ always covered with inow, about five or fix 

 miles in circumference ; furrounded with walls and de- 

 fended by a caftle. This town is well peopL-d, and in each 

 of the J So diilrids to which it is divided, it has a mofq«e 

 or chapel. The Greeks have two churches, one of which 

 is a Metropolitan, and the Armenians have three. The arti- 

 cle which conllitutes its principal trade is Morocco leather; 

 250 mUes E.S.E. of Conftanlinople. N. lat. sS'^ 20'. E. 

 long. 35- iS. 



KAISENI, a town of Walachia, on the Ardgis ; 25 

 miles N.W. of Buchareft. 



KAISERBERG, a town of France, in the department 

 f f the Upper Rhine, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diilrict of Cohr.ar, The place contains 2428, and the can- 

 ton 13,606 inhabitants, on a territory of 125 kiliometres, in 

 13 communes 'J miles N.W. of Colmar. 

 ■ KAISERSBERG, a town of the duchy of Stiria, 

 liaving a caftle on a hill ; 5 miles SAV. of Leoben. 



K.-\1SERSECH, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Rhine and Mofelle, and chief place of a 

 canton, in the diftrift of Coblentz ; 12 miles W. of 

 Coblentz. N. lat. 30° i8'. E. long, f 2^. The place 

 contains 435, and the canton 2413 inhabitants, in 16 com- 

 munes. 



K.AISERSLAUTERN, a town of France, and prin- 

 cipal place of a diftridl, in the department of Mont Ton- 

 jierre; 24 miles N.W. of Landau. N. lat. 49"^ 27'. E. 

 long. 7- 47'. This town was ceded to France by tiie elector 

 of Bavaria in 1802. The place contains 2363, and the 

 Aaoton 8640 inhabitants, in 21 communes. - 



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KAI-TON-GI, a town of the ifland of Borneo; 6a 

 miles S.S.E. of Negara. 



KAJUC, a town of Afia, in the country of Kharafm j 

 23 iniles N.W. of Samarcand. 



KAKA-PAKSHA-DHARA, a name of Rama", in 

 Hindoo hiilory, and of other warriorsj who l:ad a habit of' 

 (liaving their heads, leaving only the hair projefling over 

 their ears, which was fancied to refemble the wings of S 

 crow. The name means beartng-crovj-ivhgi. 



KAKA-TODDALI, in Botany, Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 V. J Si. t. 41, is PaulUnia afafira oi l^innxus, ditlinguiilied 

 as a new genus by Juffieu, under the uncouth name of 

 TodJaHa, and by Schreber under that of Crant-zia There 

 haviiig been another genus already given to piofeiTor Crantz,' 

 Dr. Smith has called that of which we are fpeaking ScopoUa^, 

 Plant. Ic. uader t. 34. See Scopolia. 



K.AKATOES, in Ornithology. See Psittacus. 

 KAKBERG, in Geography, a town of Pruffia, in the 

 Frifoh Nerung ; 18 miles E.N.E. of Vogelfang. 



KAKEGAVA, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Ni- 

 phon ; 95 miles S.^^' . of Jedo. 



KAKELIK, in Ornith-jhgy, a fpecies oiTetrao; which fee. 

 KAKHET, or Kakhetty, in Geography, the eallern 

 part of the principality of Georgia, comprehending a part 

 of tlie ancient Iberia, about 180 miles long and 90 broad. 

 This Hate, as well as Karduelia, borders northwards on tlie 

 Kabarda, eallwards on Dagheftan, fouthwards on the Per- 

 fian Armenia, and weflwards on Immeritia. This Hate and 

 Karduelia are under the fole fovereignty of a prince of the 

 Kakhetian dynaily. The refidence is Teflis. The air is 

 falubrious, but the country is thinly inhabited. The town 

 Kaket, in this province, is fituated near moimt Caucafus ; 

 45 miles N N.E. of Teflis. See Georgia. 



KAKI, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Niphon ; 70 

 miles N. of Meaco. 



KAKIL.AN, a town of Perfia, in the province of 

 Segeftan ; 6j miles N. of Boil. 



KAKILE, in Botany, Broter. Lnfit. v. i. 498. Sec 

 C.\KILF., and Bl'xias, Ip. 12. 



KAKKABBAN, in Geography, an ifland in the Ead 

 Indian fea, being one of the group called " Mer; t iba ;" 40 

 miles from the E. coaft of Borneo. N. lat. 2' 8'. E. long. 

 116' 50'. 



KAKKAWATA, one of the Friendly iflands. 

 KAKOPIT, in Ornithology. See Clkthia AmbolnenJIs. 

 KAKOULI, in Geography, a town of Turkifli Arme- 

 nia ; 23 miles E. of Baibourdi. 



KAKURI, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Niphon ; 

 85 miles N.E. of Meaco. 



KAL, or Kala, in Hindoo Mythology, a name of Siva 

 in his charafter of the Dejlroyer, in wliich he agrees with 

 Saturn or Time, and is called alio Maha-kala, mnha being an 

 epithet equivalent X.<:i great. Kali, or Maha-kali, is a name of 

 his confort Parvati, in one of her avenging or terrific charac- 

 ters, as (he appears in feveral of tlie plates of Moor's Hindoo 

 Pantlieon, wherein one of Kal is defcribcd as " Eternity, 

 at the period of Maha-pra-laya, or grand confummation of 

 all things. In the original he, like his name, is black ; he 

 holds the roll of fate, and a fcymitar to execute its dc- 

 llruclive decrees. He devours man, his own offspring 

 towns, cities, "the great globe itfelf and all that it in- 

 herits" — the univerfe. The great perfonitied powers of the 

 Almighty, Brahma, Viflina, and Siva, " alike await th4 

 inevitable doom;' they alfo " fall into the jaws of non-cx- 

 illence." Kala will then, like Saturn, dellroy himfelf, and 

 nothing will remain but Brahm ; the eternal one," p. 30. 

 See K.\LJ, K.VLPA, and Maii.\-kai. \. 



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