K.
Kabandha, a Rākshasa, [20]
Kadalikā, [144]
Kadamba, flower, [112]
Kādambarī, the heroine, [i], [viii], [xxi], [140], [145], and passim;
the book, i–xxiii, [3]
Kadrū, Çesha’s mother, [213]
Kailāsa, a mountain, [ix], [3], [7], [47], and passim;
a man, [74], [75]
Kaiṭabha, a demon, [51]
Kakkola, a plant, [16]
Kalahaṃsa, a teal, [12], [24], [35], [39], [67], [79], [92], [104], [144]
Kālakūṭa, poison, [78]
Kālī, Durgā, [28]
Kali Age, the Iron Age, [96], [215]
Kālindī, a bird, [150], [151], [194]
Kalpa, the tree that grants desires, [86], [145], [160], [174]
Kāma, god of love, [66], [69] note, [81], and passim
Kamalinikā, [145]
Kāmandakīya-Nīti-Çāstra, [xiv]
Kandala, plantain, [161] note.
Kandalikā, [145]
Kaustubha, Vishṇu’s gem, [51], [57], [78], [158]
Kapiñjala, a Brahman, [xix], [111], [115], [118], [122], [123], [127], [128], [129], [131], [133], [134], [196], [197], [207]
Karīra, a plant, [16]
Karṇīsuta, [17]
Kārtikeya, war-god, [3], [49] note, [66], [92], [96], [162], [215] note
Kathā-Koça, [xvi]
Kathā-Sarit-Sāgara, [xi], [xiii]
Kāvya-Prakāça, [xx]
Kesara, a tree (Mimusops Elengi), [85] note, [104], [109]
Kesarikā, [144]
Ketakī, a tree (Pandanus Odoratissimus), [16], [144], [147], [177], [210]
Keyūraka, Kādambarī’s page, [141], and passim
Khāṇḍava Wood, [35]
Khara, a warrior, [27]
Kīcaka, a warrior, [18]
Kindama, a sage, [137]
Kinnaras, mythical beings with human bodies and horses’ heads; later, reckoned among the Gandharvas as musicians, [ix], [90], [91], [98], [99], [143], [145], [162], [186], [197]
Kimpurusha land, [102], [161], [173]
Kirātas, mountaineers, [90]
Kṛipa, a man, [36]
Kṛishṇa, a god, [xvi], [4], [7], [8], [21], [29], [30], [37], [66], [73], [93], [95], [138], [162], [216]
Kshapaṇakas, [xvi]
Kshemendra, [viii]
Kuça (son of Sītā), [17];
(a grass), [18], [19], [23], [38], [40], [43], [45]
Kulavardhanā, a woman, [58], [59], [74]
Kulūta, country, [75]
Kumāra, the war-god, [49], [66]
Kumārapālita, a minister, [11]
Kumudikā, [144]
Kuntī, a queen, [137]
Kuṭaja, a tree (Wrightea Antidysenterica), [97]
Kuvera (god of wealth), [4], [108] note, [204] note, [216];
(a Brahman) [2]