kumara

The caterpillars feed on convolvulus, but do considerable damage to the foliage of the kumara and sometimes tobacco.

Great is the joy of Kumara himself, of his mother Parvati, and of Indra.

The voices assure him of Kumara's prowess and inevitable victory; they advise him to make his peace while there is yet time.

Gradually the potato superseded amongst them the taro and fern-root, and even to some extent the kumara.