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words, meaning either head, hair, horn, helmet, look, crest 
or top : Grr. Kaprjvov, Kapa, Kopv(f)i], KcoSsLa; Sans. ^Tr^-koti, 
^^^-cuda, =^e5r-cula, meaning 'head or crown;' Sans. i%^^siras, 
f|H;-sira, ^^-sirsa and Vedic ^^-l^-sirsan ' head,' the Grr. 
Kpd<;, and Kpa or Kpr], as in the following comjjound words 
Kpaairehov (corresponding to Sans. fW^^^T^-siraspadam), 
' edge,' or ' border,' KpdSe/nvov, the Doric form of the 
compound Kpr]he^vov, corresponding to Sans. flrrr^H^-siro- 
daman, ' a head tie,' and meaning ' a head dress ; ' Grr. 
Kepa<;, Kepdriov; Lat. cornu, Sans, ^^^-srifiga ' a horn ; ' Qr. 
Kopv^ Kopvdo'i, Lat. crista^ and Sans. f%f)z-kirita, a crest 
or 'crown ornament,' Grr. 9pL^, Sans, f^^-cikura, gp^-kaca, 
and %^.kesa, Lat. crinis ' hair ; ' Sans. 3TZT-jata and ^z\- 
sata, ' matted hair ;' Sans. sfPTTc^-kapala, Grr. KecpaX.-)'], and Lat. 
* caput head,' Sans. Ep[?^-kabari and perhaps Gr. Kovpd and 
Lat. cirrus ' a lock of hair ; ' Grr. klklvvo^ and Lat. cincinnus 
* a curled lock of hair ; ' Gr. aiavpva and aLavpa, ' a goat skin,' 
TLTvpo^, ' a goat ' ^drvpo^, a satjr ; Sans. ^jTr^^-chagala, 
*a sheep,' and ^jirrc^-^rgala, ' a jackal ;' Sans. flMT-sikhara, 
' top,' Rng[T3i"-sikhanda, ' a tuft of hair,' ^g'^.kesara, ' mane,' 
and %^-sekhara, 'head crown,' from the last two of which 
come the Grr. Kaiaap and Lat. Caesar, and also the word 
Kaiser in Kaiser i Hind., the imperial title of our most 
exalted and gi'acious sovereign, a title which Avas proposed by 
Sir W. Muir for her; r%^-kisa]a, f%^e5?I-kisalaya, 
kandala, ' tender leaves of trees ' f%jrc^-kinjalka, ' the 
stamina of flowers ; ' Sans. f%^^-kinnara, a class of celestial 
beings who are like the Centaurs possessed of a double form, 
half human and half equine. They are the musicians of 
Kubera, the god of wealth, and from them the name is 
' Vide my Notes on Aryan and Dravidian Philology, Vol. I, p. xxii, 
Introduction. 
