On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c14.7

v1.c14.7

Yuan-chuang here gives to the capital and extends also to the country the correct name Ka-no-kü-she (羯若鞠闍) that is, Kanyākubja, while Fa-hsien, like some other writers, gives the name which was probably in use among the natives, viz. Ka-nao-yi or Kanoyi, that is, the modern Kanauj (or Kanoj). Another transcription of the classical name is Kan-nu-ku-po-she (健拏矩婆舍) which is wrongly translated by êrh-ch‘u (耳出) or “Ear-emanation”. In a note to our text the name is properly rendered by “Hunch-backed maidens”, the translation which the pilgrim uses, and the story of the origin of the name is related by the pilgrim.