[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1646.1 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1646.1 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1646.1 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1646.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1646.1) 6) The so of Madhu-Kaiṭabhas. A horrible son named Dhundhu was born to Madhu-Kaiṭabhas. He lived under the sand in a wilderness called Ujjālakam. A King of the Ikṣvāku family named Kuvalayāśva killed Dhundhu. So Kuvalayāśva got the name Dhundhumāra. See under Dhundhu. (Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 202). (Khara and Atikāya are the rebirths of Madhu and Kaiṭabha. See under Atikāya). KAITAVA. Another name of Ulūka, the son of Śakuni. KAITAVA (M). A country in ancient Bhārata. Mention is made about this country in Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 18, Stanza 13). KĀKA A son of Kaṃsa (Bhāgavata, 9th Skandha). KĀKAM. A town in ancient India. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 64, contains a reference to this). KĀKĪ I. Original mother of the crows. (See under CROW). KĀKĪ II. One of the seven mothers who suckled Subrahmaṇya at his birth. The seven mothers were—Kākī, Halimā, Brahmikā, Mālinī, Palālā, Āryā and Mitrā. (M.B. Araṇya Parva, Chapter 228, Verse 10). KĀKA (CROW). 1) Origin. Kaśyapa was the son of Marīci, who was the son of Brahmā. Kaśyapa's wife Tāmrā had many daughters like Kākī, Śyenī, Bhāsī, Gṛdhrkā, Śukī and Grīvā. From Kākī were born the crows in the world. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19). - [Previous: c7.1645](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1645) - [Next: c7.1646.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1646.2) - [Up: c7.1646](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1646) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1646.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1646.1) · Pramāṇa