[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) › c5.882 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.882 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.882 - **Language:** English ### [c5.882](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.882) KIRĀTAS. Foresters and mountaineers living in the mountains east of Hindustan. (There is a tribe in the Central Himālayas called Kirāntis.) They are described in the Rāmāyana as “islanders, who eat raw fish, live in the waters, and are men-tigers” (men below and tigers above, according to the commentator). Their females are described as “gold-coloured and pleasant to behold,” and as having “sharp-pointed hair-knots.” They are perhaps the Cirrhadæ placed on the Coromandel coast by classic writers. - [Previous: c5.881](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.881) - [Next: c5.883](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.883) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Rāmāyaṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.malayalam.pattu.ramayanam) — Koṭṭayattu Tampurān, Malayalam --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.882](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.882) · Pramāṇa