किरात (kirāta) [Printed book page 408-1] Kirāta, pl. (
°āḥ), a barbarous people (“hunters”). § 223
(Vāsiṣṭha): I, 175, 6684 (among the peoples who sprang
from the cow of Vasiṣṭha).—§ 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.):
II, 14, 584 (Vaṅga-Puṇḍra-K°eṣu).—§ 279 (Arjuna): II,
26, 1002 (followed Bhagadatta).—§ 280 (Bhīmasena): II,
30, 1085 (in the east, seven kings of the K. vanquished by
Bhīmasena).—§ 285 (Nakula): II, 32, 1199 (in the west,
vanquished by Nakula).—§ 295 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1865
(carmavāsasaḥ, brought tribute to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 342
(Indralokābhigamanap.): III, 51, 1990 (present at the
rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III,
90, 8391 (°Kinnarāvāsaṃ śailaṃ, at Gaṅgādvāra).—§ 419
(Gandhamādanapr.): III, 140, 10864 (Subāhuviṣayaṃ…
K°-Taṅganākīrṇaṃ).—§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 19, 584
(in the akṣauhiṇī of Bhagadatta).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V,
64, 2470, 2475.—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 195ε, 7609
(in the army of Duryodhana).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9μ,
358, 364, (ν), 376 (in the north-east).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.):
VI, 20, †753 (followed Kṛpa).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.):
VI, 50π, 2080 (in the army of Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 589
(Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 4β, 121 (Himavaddurganilayāḥ,
had been vanquished by Karṇa for Duryodhana).—§ 599
(Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 112, 4318, 4320, 4322 (c: the
K. have elephants sprung from the race of Añjana, with
impenetrable skins, well trained…adorned with armour
of solid gold, and resembling Airāvata and coming from
the northern hills, ridden by fierce robbers of strong limbs,
the foremost of warriors, cased in steel coats of mail; among
them are persons born of the cow, or of the ape, or of
Page408-b+ 63 various other creatures, and also born of men. That division
of the assembled Mlecchas, who are all sinful and come
from the fastnesses of Himavat, seem at a distance to be of
a smoky colour), 4339 (viṣakalpaiḥ prahāribhiḥ); 119ββ,
4716 (Sātyaki has vanquished many Śakas, K., etc.), (γγ),
4747 (thousands of K., etc., have been slain by Sātyaki).—
§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 73, 3653 (have been vanquished by
Arjuna).—§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 65θ, 2429 (enumeration
of barbarous peoples).—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207θ,
7560 (among the barbarous peoples of the north).—§ 730g
(Upamanyu): XIII, 14η, 732 (°-Śabarāṇāṃ, Śiva assumes
their form).—§ 739 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 35ε, 2159 (have
been degraded to śūdras).—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 73,
2136 (vanquished by Arjuna, when he followed the sacrificial
horse); 83, 2469 (Kośalān K°ān atha Taṅganān).
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