IIIF Color HighRes
National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
| |||||||||
|
| IIIF Color HighRes |
| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Citation Information
| 192 | GAtiTUG—GAURIPUR. |
Gântug 8 tit mgya Dûnchu, in Gârhval, Lat. 30°, Long. 79°.
Z . rd rn ~gi • , ;,v ri v a rgan-phrug--gsum-brgya-bdun-chu. Tib.
UI"l~~rn
"The 370 children of the venerable." Itgan, old, aged, venerable; ph rug, a child; gsum, three; brgya, hundred; bdùn-chu, seventy. This is the name of the large ibi Gamin glacier; it refers most probably to the very numerous ice-needles in the lower part of the glacier.
G â r h, in B ndelkhand, Lat. 24°, Long. 81° .seyS Hind.
"Fort." Very frequent in compound names.
Gar h v a 1, a province in the Western Himalaya, Lat. 30°, Long. 78° . ji,so,S Hind.
"The country with (many) forts."
G r i, frequently occurring in Tibet 9 ' gangs-ri Tib.
"Ice-mountain." Gangs, ice, névé, frozen snow; ri, mountain.
It is the general name for peaks reaching above the snow-limit. Snow properly speaking, if fresh or at least not yet granular and icy, is called kha. Comp. Khavachangyiyûl.
Garipûri, see Elephanta.
G arralmnrh, in Maya, Lat. 23°, Long. 79° se r,.l~S Hind.
"Shepherd's temple." From gadri, shepherd; and muth, or murh, temple.
J. D. Cunningham, "On the ruins of Pathari," in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., p. 305.
G â r to k, or Gar, G â r o , in Gnari Khôrsum, Lat. 31°, Long. 80°.
v
z' 8Zn sgar-thog, or ZC7I sgar Tib.
1
"The beginning (the most elevated) of camps, or the camp." Sgar, a camp;
t h o g, beginning.
The more complete, name Girtok, is that used by the Bhûtia merchants, who come to this place in great numbers during the large fair in August; a quantity of tents are then pitched here for a short time, as the place has but few stone houses, and even these are not permanently inhabited. Moorcroft calls it Gartop, Gerard Ger tope, Strachey mentions already the proper name Gar.
Compare also Phande Khangsar.
G a r u r b i r, in Nepal, Lat. 28°, Long. 82° " rS Hind.
"The hero with the eagle (Vishnu)."
G au r i pu r, in Assam, Lat. 26°, Long. 93° Ç$),S Hind.
"Town of (the goddess) Gâ.uri."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright (C) 2003-2019 National Institute of Informatics and The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.