kOwilyaM 1 Crookedness( lit. and fig. ). 2 Wickedness 3 Dishonesty, fraud; Pt. 2. 185. — lyaH ‘The crooked’, N. of Cāṇakya. a celebrated writer on civil polity, (the work being known as cARakyanIti ), the friend and adviser of Candragupta and a very important character in the Mudrārākṣasa; kOwilyaH kuwilamatiH sa eza yena kroDAgnO prasaBamadAhi naMdavaMSaH Mu. 1. 7 ; spfSati mAM BftyaBAvena kOwilyaSizyaH Mu. 7.