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DIHÔNG—DRÂNGKHA R.
Dihông, see Tâehog Khabâb, and Tsângpo.
Dilavarg,rh, in itajvâra, Lat. 24°, Long. 75°
"Dildvar's fort." Dil-âvar, heart-having, bold, a personal
DingArh, in the Pânja,b, Lat. 28°, Long. 71°
"Town of faith."
Divarn,gar, in Bengal, Lat. 24°, Long. 91°
"Town with walls."
The same spelling may also be interpreted:
"Divdr's town," Divar being a genius loci, peculiar to Hindis mythology.
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Arab. Hind.
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D o d a b é t t a, the highest peak of tropical India, in the Nilgiris, Lat. 11°, Long. 76°.
"The great mountain." So it is translated by Buchanan in his "Journey through Maissûr," Vol. I., p. 181. Dôda, great; bétta, mountain.
Dôgsum, in Balti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75° Tvj,ZTjTZ9 1 grog-gsum 'l'ib.
"The three rivulets." Grog, rivulet; gsum, "three.
A little above the confluence of the two rivers a small brog or summer village is situated. It is characteristic of Tibetan geographical terminology, that the word gsum, three, is very generally used in connection with the confluence of two rivers, the newly-formed one being reckoned the third. The Latin word trivium for the junction of two roads is somewhat analogous.
Compare also Sumdo and Sumgal.
D61ong.Kârpo, in Bâlti, Lat. 34°,
Long. 76° „~ ~yTF rdo-klong-dkar-po Tib.
"The bank of the white rocks." Itdo, stone; klong, a mass; dkar-po, white.
It is a sand-bank in the Hann Lungba river also covered with numerous blocks of whitish rocks.
Drabirdésh, or Dravida-désa.Ts Sanskr.
"Dravida-Country." Dravida is in Sanskrit the general name for the tribes in Southern India, originally not speaking Sanskrit.
Désa, desh, land, is frequently found as a component part of geographical names.
D r ân g k h a r (also pronounced D â n g k h a r),
Lat. 32°, Long. 78° drang-mkhar Tib.
"Steep (literally straight) fort." D rang, upright, straight, vertical; mkhar, fort.
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