[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.807 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.807 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.807 - **Language:** English ### [c5.807](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.807) KANYĀ-KUBJA. The modern form of the name is Kanauj or Kinnauj, spelt in a variety of ways. 1. An ancient city of Hindustan on the Kālī-nadi, an affluent of the Ganges, and lying a little to the west of the latter. It was once the capital of a powerful dynasty. It was known to classical geographers as “Canogyza.” The name means “humpbacked damsel,” and refers to a legend relating to the hundred daughters of King Kusa-nābha, who were all made crooked by Vāyu for refusing to comply with his licentious desires. 2. A great national division of the Brāhman caste. See Brāhman. - [Previous: c5.806](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.806) - [Next: c5.808](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.808) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.807](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.807) · Pramāṇa