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this, as Dr. Caldwell points out, must have been the state which is now
called Travancore. Kumari has been - Page 738
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And This, As Dr. Caldwell Points Out, Must Have Been The State Which Is Now Called Travancore.

Kumari has been confounded by some of the Arabian Geographers, or their modern commentators, with Kumar, one of the regions supplying aloes-wood, and which was apparently Khmer or Kamboja. (Caldwell's Drav.

Grammar, p. 67; Gildem. 185; Ram. I. 333.)

The cut that we give is, as far as I know, the first genuine view of Cape Comorin ever published.

[Mr. Talboys Wheeler, in his History of India, vol. iii. (p. 386), says of this tract:

"The region derives its name from a temple which was erected there in honour of Kumari, 'the Virgin'; the infant babe who had been exchanged for Krishna, and ascended to heaven at the approach of Kansa." And in a note:

"Colonel Yule identifies Kumari with Durga. This is an error. The temple of Kumari was erected by Krishna Raja of Narsinga, a zealous patron of the Vaishnavas."

Mr. Wheeler quotes Faria y Souza, who refers the object of worship to what is meant for this story (II. 394), but I presume from Mr. Wheeler's mention of the builder of the temple, which does not occur in the Portuguese history, that he has other information. The application of the Virgin title connected with the name of the place, may probably have varied with the ages, and, as there is no time to obtain other evidence, I have removed the words which identified the existing temple with that of Durga.

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