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Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
DUAB—ELEPHÂNTA. | 189 |
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.
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