Kanyākubja，國名。譯曰曲女城國。中印度。周四千餘里，國之大都城，臨西殑伽河，長二十餘里，廣四五里，名曲女城。玄奘渡天時，戒日王於此開無遮大會。西域記四曰：「羯若鞠闍國，唐言曲女城國，中印度境。」
Kanyakubja, 'hump-backed maidens.' An ancient city and kingdom of Central India. In antiquity this city ranks next to Ayodhyā in Oudh. It is known to classical geography as Canogyza. The etymology refers to the legend of the hundred daughters of Kuśanābha its king, who refused the licentious desires of Vāyu (Mahāvṛkṣa 大樹仙) and were turned by him into hunchbacks. M.W. Eitel says 'the modem Canouge'.
羯若鞠闍 西域記云：唐言曲女城，中印度境。大樹仙人，棲神入定，經數萬歲，從定而起。見王百女，詣宮來請。唯幼稚女，而充給使。仙人懷怒，便惡咒曰：九十九女，一時腰曲。從是之後，名曲女城。