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0242 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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KHIRGYIL—KHYIRÔNG.

Khârgyil, in Dras, Lat. 39°, Long. 76°    

~ mkhar-dkyil. Tib.

"The fort in the centre;" or literally also: "The fort's centre." Mkhar, fort; d k y i l, the centre.

Khavachangyiytzl, one of the names of Tibet.

' Z4' aav   Tib.

"The land full of snow." Kha-va, snow; chan, adjectival termination, full; gyi, the sign of the genitive case, signifying of; yul, land.

This is the explication received from a Lama in the monastery of Lama Yarn; I cannot decide whether the name is in use as a geographical name, but it is frequently found in Buddhist legends.

Khavaspâr, in the Pânjab, Lat. 32°, Long. 74°    ~ volt' Arab. Hind.

"Minister's town."

Khiftra, in the Pânjab, Lat. 32°, Long. 72°    •Pânjâbi.

"Salt i sh." K h i ti r a, as we were told, is a dialectical form for K h ara, salt, saltish.

Khoshab, in the Panjab, Lat. 32°, Long. 72°    ., Lim Pers.

"Fresh, juicy, full of water."

K h o s h h a l g â r h, in the Pânjab, Lat. 26°, Long. 76°    Pers.

"Khoshhdl's town." Khoshhal, fortunate, happy, is also used as a personal name. The same name in Lat. 23°, Long. 74.

Anal. Khoshhal-pur, Lat. 29°, Long. 78°.

Khôtan, or formerly Kustâna, a province of Turkistan   

~1ZTrÎ

Sanskr.

"Bosom of the earth." Another explanation, but in reference to the spelling less probable, derives this word from the Persian Kohistan, mountainous country.

Khyagtôd, or Kâktet, in Pangkông, Lat. 33°,

Long. 78°    

'khyags-stod. Tib.

"The frozen upper settlement." 'khyags, frozen; stod, the upper part.

The name is referable to the great elevation of the place and the low temperature.

K h y i r ô n g, a valley in Eastern Tibet    g vim

v -- khyi-rong. Tib.

"The dogs' passage." Khyi, dog; rong, defilé, passage.

Name of a valley in Tibet to the north of Nepal, as communicated to me by a Pandit

of Jhang Bahadur.