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0221 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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DUAB—ELEPHÂNTA.

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Du b, or Doâb, Lat. 25°, Long. 75°    mho Pers.

"(The country between) two streams." A denomination frequently used in the Pänjab.

D û b k a, a river in Hindostan, Lat. 29°, Long. 79°     (..‘41i Hind.

"The overwhelming."

Major Madden, who, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., p. 376, gives this explanation, connects this word with d nb n â, to sink, and d ub v a na, to causa to be sunk, in reference to the difficulty experienced in crossing the river.

Dudhgaû, Lat. 20°, Long. 78°    9lS .sto5o Hind.

"Milk-village."

D u l a b â r i; in Bengal, Lat. 24°, Long. 88°     4314 ?f v Hind.

"White field, or house." Ma is an abbreviation of the Sanskrit dhavala, white, as. d h 61a in Dholagiri for Dhavalagiri q. v., Dh6lpur q. v., &c.

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D ii n g n y i , in Gârhval, Lat. 30°, Long. 79°. . . Zil j' fT gdung-gnyis Tib.

"The two families." G d u n g, beam, timber, family; g n y i s, two. It is the Tibetan name of Mana and refers, as we were told, to an original settlement of two houses or families. Now the place is a large village, the highest in the Alaknanda valley.

D u r g , in Berar, Lat. 20°, Long. 81°     c,S) o Hind.

"Fort." ,Particularly often met with in composed names.

Anal. D u r g a- p n r, in Bahia., Lat. 23°, Long. 86°, the fortified town,   The name of

D û r g a, Siva's wife, would be spelt with â.

Dvârka, or Dvâraka, also Dvarik, Lat. 22°, Long. 68°.... ArRIT Sanskr.

"The town with many doors." From dvara, door, or way, famous as Krishna's capital.

E l e p h i n t a, in the K6nkan, Lat. 19°, Long. 72°.

This name was given by the Portuguese to the island near Bombay celebrated for its caves and sculptures, because one of the most conspicuous of its artifices was a colossal elephant wrought in stone, but now all in ruins. By the natives it is named Gari-pari, or the place of caves. "Life in Bombay," 1852, p. 209.