[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) › c5.879 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.879 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.879 - **Language:** English ### [c5.879](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.879) KIM-PURUSHA. ‘What man?’ An indescribable man; one of a low type, partaking of the nature and appearance of animals. In later times it is synonymous with Kin-nara. Name of a region between Himavat and Hema-kūta. (See Jambu-dvīpa.) Also of a king of the latter region. - [Previous: c5.878](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.878) - [Next: c5.880](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.880) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.879](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.879) · Pramāṇa