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of Guzerat, and fupplicated their reftoratiofi. Krifhna, 
proceeding to the coaft, was affured by Varuna, the regent 
of the ocean, that not he, but the fea-monfter Sankafura, 
had ftolen the children. Krifhna fought, and, after a vio¬ 
lent conflict, (lew the demon, and tore him from his (hell, 
named Panchajanya, which he bore away in memorial of 
his victory, and ufed afterwards in battle by way of trum¬ 
pet. Not finding the children in the dominions of Va¬ 
runa, he defcended to the infernal city, Yama-puri, and, 
founding his tremendous (hank, or (hell, (truck fuch ter¬ 
ror into Yama, that he ran forth to make his proftrations, 
and reftored the children of Kalya. 
KASYA'PA, an important charafter, who, in differ¬ 
ent theogonies, aflfumes different lines of parentage and 
character. In the Siva-purana he is made the great- 
grandfon of Brahma, Marichi and Bhrigu being his im¬ 
mediate anceltorsj and he is there feigned to have married 
thirteen of Dakflia’s fixty daughters, an aftronomical al¬ 
legory that has not yet been explained ; but alluding, we 
apprehend, to a cycle of fixty years among the Hindoos. 
Sir William Jones fufpectea, and Mr. Wilford has proved, 
the whole fable of Kafyapa to be aftronomical, and the 
fame with the Cafliopeia of the Greeks. 
KAS'ZA, a town of Hungary: eight miles fouth-fouth- 
we(t of Bolefko. 
KASZ'PONAR, a town of European Turkey, in Bef- 
(arabia : twenty-four miles north-north-weft of Ifmail. 
KAS'ZUCK, a town of European Turkey, in Befiara- 
bia : fix miles fouth of Akerman. 
■KA'TA, a river of Germany, which runs into the Da¬ 
nube near Geifingen. 
KA'TA, the name by which China is known in Hin¬ 
doo (tan. 
KATABA', a town of Arabia, in the province of Ye¬ 
men, fituated in a fertile country, near a river which 
runs into the fea at Aden ; governed by a dola, and de¬ 
fended by a citadel: feventy-five miles north of Aden. 
Lat.13.54. N. Ion. 44. 39. E. 
KATAL', a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the govern¬ 
ment of Sivas : eighteen miles fouth of Sivas. 
K ATAPANG', a fmall ifland in the Eaftern Indian Sea, 
near the north coaft of Java. Lat. 7.39.S. Ion. 113.2a. E. 
KATA'REN, a town of Arabia, in the province of 
Yemen : fixty miles fouth of Saade. 
K ATCH'ALL. See Tillongchool. 
KATE, a contradiction for Katharine, or Catharine, 
a woman’s name. 
KATE'NA, a town of Bengal: eighty miles north of 
Dacca. 
KATERI'NENSCHSTAT, a town of Ruflia, in the 
government of Saratov, on the Volga: thirty-two miles 
north-eaft of Saratov. 
K ATERE'VI, a town of the principality of Georgia : 
eighteen miles weft-fouth-weft of Teflis. 
KAT'ERLINE, a feaport of Scotland, on the coaft of 
Kincardinefhire: three miles fouth of Stonehaven. Lat. 
56. 52. N. Ion. a. 12. W. 
KATH'ARINE. See Catharine, vol. iii. 
KATHTIPPACAMUN'CK, an Indian village in Penn- 
fylvania at America, fituated on the north fide of Wabafli 
river, at the mouth of Rippacanoe creek, and about twen- 
<ey miles above the Lower Weau towns. In 1791, before 
its deftruclion by generals Scott and Wilkinfon, it con¬ 
tained 120 houfes, of which the bell belonged to French 
traders. The gardens and improvements round were de¬ 
lightful. There was a tavern, with cellars, bar, public and 
private rooms; and the whole marked no fmall degree of 
order and civilization. 
KA'TIF. See Catif, vol. iii. 
KA'TIK, a Hindoo month which partly coincides with 
October. 
KATIMBEVO'LE, a town of the ifland of Ceylon : 
thirty-fix miles fouth of Candia. 
KATIM'TUMU', a town of Ruflia, in the government 
of Irkutlk, on the Lena : fixty miles eaft of Olekminlk. 
K A T 
KATIR'BGI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia : 
twenty-eight miles eaft of Ifinid. 
KATIR'LI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia: 
twenty-eight miles north of Burfa. 
KATIS'TI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia, on 
the coaft of the Sea of Marmora : thirty-fix miles fouth of 
Conftantinople. 
KATLABU'GA, a river of Befiarabia, which runs into 
the Danube five miles eaft of Ifmail, forming a lake at its 
mouth. 
KAT'KIN,/ See Catkin. 
KATMANDU', or Catmandu, the capital of Nepaul, 
in a province of the fame name ; called alfo Jingbu by the 
people of Thibet. It is placed by Rennell 105 geogra¬ 
phical miles nearly north from Maifiy, that is, in latitude 
28° 6'. It is 536 Britidi miles from Laffa, or in horizontal 
diftance 346 geographical miles. According to Giufeppe, 
it contains about 1-8,000 houfes, probably yielding a popu¬ 
lation of feventy or eighty thoufand. According to colo¬ 
nel Kirkpatrick’s account, it is feated on the eaftem bank 
of the Biftimutty, along which it runs for a mile, with a 
breadth not exceeding half a mile. The moll linking ob¬ 
jects which it prefents to the eye are its wooden temples, 
which are frattered over its environs, and particularly 
along the fides of a quadrangular tank or refervoir. The 
colonel fays, “ there are nearly as many temples as houfes, 
and as many idols as inhabitants.” The number of idols, 
according to his ftatement, amounts to 2733. Befides 
thefe wooden temples, Katmandu contains (everal others 
on a large fcale, conftrutted of brick, with two or three 
(loping roofs, diniinilhing as they afcend, and terminating 
in pinnacles, which, as well as Come of the luperior roofs, 
are fplendidly gilt, and produce a very piflurefque anti 
agreeable effefl. The houfes are of brick and tile, with 
pitched roofs towards the ftreet, frequently furrounded by 
wooden balconies, of open carved-work, and of a lingular 
fafliion. They are of two, three, or four, dories, and ge¬ 
nerally of a mean appearance. The llreets are narrow and 
filthy. Katmandu, with its dependent towns and villages, 
according to Kirkpatrick, may contain about 22,000 
houfes ; but the town itfelf, if ten people be allowed to 
each houfe, which he thinks to be a low computation, 
does not contain more than 50,000 perfons. See Ne¬ 
paul. 
KAT'NA, a town of Sweden, in Sudermanland : thirty 
miles fouth-weft of Stockholm. 
KATNEBLOW', a town of Poland, in the palatinat® 
of Kiev : thirty-fix miles louth of Bialacerkiew. 
KAT'NIA STA'NITZ, a town of Ruflia, inthegovern» 
xnent of Irkutlk: fixty-four miles north-eaft of Vitimlkoi. 
KATOE'NE, a town of the ifland of Ceylon: fixty- 
four miles fouth of Candy. 
KA'TOU-A'LOU, f. in botany. See Ficus. 
KA'TOU-CON'NA. See Mimosa. 
KA'TOU-IN'DEL. See Elate. 
KA'TOU-INS'CHI-KU'A. See Amomum. 
KA'TOU-KARU'A. See Laurus cinnamomum, 
KA'TOU-TSJA'CA. SeeNAUCLEA. 
KA'TOU-TSJO'LAM. See Zizania. 
KAT'OUN-SERA'I, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Ca- 
ramania : twelve miles fouth of Cogni. 
KATROTZA'NI, a town of Walachia : fixteen miles 
north of Buchareft. 
KATS, a town of Holland, fituated on the eaftern coaft 
of the ifland of North Beveland. 
KAT'SCHER, a town of Moravia, in Prerau, with a 
lordlhip infulated in Silefia, to which it once belonged : 
twelve miles weft of Ratibon, and forty-two north-eaft of 
Olmutz. Lat. 49. 59. N. Ion. 17. 52. E. 
KATS'JI-KELEN'GU. See Diosccrea. 
KATSJU'LA-KELEN'GU. See K^empferia. 
KATS'KILL, or Catskill, mountains and town in 
North America; fee Kaats Kill, p. 582. 
KAT'TA, a town of Bootan: fifteen miles fouth of 
Bifnee. 
KAT'TA, 
