कन्यकुब्ज — {kubja} n. ({ā} f. L.), N. of an ancient city of great note (in the north-western provinces of India, situated on the {kālī nadī}, a branch of the Gaṅgā, in the modern district of Farrukhabad##the popular spelling of the name presents, perhaps, greater variations than that of any place in India [e.g. {Kanauj}, {Kunnoj}, {Kunnouj}, {Kinoge}, {Kinnoge}, {Kinnauj}, {Kanoj}, {Kannauj}, {Kunowj}, {Canowj} {Canoje}, {Canauj}, &c.]##in antiquity this city ranks next to Ayodhyā in Oude##it is known in classical geography as Canogyza##but the name applies also to its dependencies and the surrounding district##the current etymology [{kanyā}, 'a girl', shortened to {kanya}, and {kubja}, 'round-shouldered or crooked'] refers to a legend in R. i, 32, 11 ff., relating to the hundred daughters of Kuśanābha, the king of this city, who were all rendered crooked by Vāyu for non-compliance with his licentious desires##the ruins of the ancient city are said to occupy a site larger than that of London) MBh. Kathās. &c##{-deśa} m. the country round Kanyakubja