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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
| 212 | KOM0RÎN— KX6NGPHUR. |
K o in o r i n, or Ku m 6.,r i, the southern-most promontory of India . IRTft Sanskr.
In Sanskrit its full name was properly Kanya-kum tri, the virgin Kumicri, an epithet of Dnrga, Siva's wife.
Anal. Kanyaka-gram, Assam, virgin's village.
-K ô t, in the Panjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 71° Hind.
"Fort."
K ô t - i - S u 1 t â n, in the Pänjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 70° L ü1 with Arab., Pers. flexion.
"King's fort."
Anal. Kôt-i-Amira, Lat. 33°, Long. 72°; Kot-garh, Lat. 31°, Long. 77°; Kôt-kassim, Lat. 28°, Long. 76°; but Kot-garh, Lat. 31°, Long. 77° is interpreted by Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. III., p. 1107, as fort of the Késhtas.
K ô vi 1, or K o i 1, in the Karnatik, bat. 8°, Long. 78° Tam.
"Temple." This name is very frequently met with in Southern India, especially in composition, e. g. Vella-kôil, Lat. 10°, Long. 77°; Perma-k6i1, Lat. 12°, Long. 79°; Nagri-kôil, Lat. 8°, Long. 77°, &c.
K u k u l a m a l l a, a mountain in Ceylon Singhal.
"Mountain of the wild fowl." Kiikula, wild fowl; malla, mountain.
Kunta;lbâri, in Bengal, Lat. 26°, Long. 88° 4)U S Hind.
"Bayley-field."
Kutabdiya, in Arrakan, Lat. 21°, Long. 92° 1.,:i Arab.
"Polar-star of justice." Corrupted from Kutab-ud-din
Anal. Kûtab Minar, the name of the well-known monument near Déhli; Kntab, polar-star; m i n a r, minaret, tower.
Kyangchti, in Rtipchi, Lat. 32°, Long. 77° 7vcs rkyang-chhu. Tib.
"Kyang's water." Ilkyang, Equus Hernionus; ch,hu, water.
Kynngphur, or Kyi:tngar, in Kämaon,
Lat. 30°, Long. 80° Zcj,Z, skyung-'phur. Tib.
"The flying crow." Skyfing, a crow, jack-daw; 'phur, to fly.
In the Kamaon dialect the name has been changed into Kynngar. Crows are very numerous in this part of the Himalaya, even in the ice-regions of the greatest elevation. Some of the species of Corms Thibetanus, Hodg., accompanied Adolphe and Robert during their ascent of the ibi Gamin peak up to the highest encampment at 19,326 ft.
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