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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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| 218 | MAHAGÂÜ—MAHÉS. |
Mahagâû, in the K6nkan, Lat. 19°, Long. 72° ;l5 l~,o Hind.
"The great village." The same name in the Nizam's territory, Lat. 20°, Long. 78°, and in Berar, Lat. 20°, Long. 80°.
Mahamalâipur, Lat. 12°, Long. 80° ,olgro Tamul. Hind.
"The town of the great mountain." Another form of this name is Mahabalipuram.
Mahanadi, a river in Orissa, Lat. 20°, Long. 82° ‘50.4o Hind.
"The great river."
Mahapântha, a peak in Gârhval ligTEPIR Sanskr.
"The great road (to heaven)." The name refers to the celebrated temple of pilgrimage at Kidernath, and to the difficulty and danger attending the access to the same. The peak is more generally known by the name of Kidernath peak.
Maharajdizrg, or Maharajdrug, in Maissur, Lat. 12°,
Long. 75° alp C.j)l$,.o Hind.
"Fort of the great king."
Anal. Maharaj-gAnj, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°, Lat. 25°, Long. 87°, Lat. 27°, Long. 83°; Maharajpur, Lat. 26°, Long. 78°, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°; Mahasinghpur, Lat. 27°, Long. 78° (singh, lion, is often an epithet of kings).
Mahavelligânga, a river in Ceylon, Lat. 7°, Long. 81° Singhal.
"The great sand river."
Mahb ubganj, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 82° ~w~ Arab. Hind.
"MahbUb's market." Mahbub, beloved, seems to be here a personal name.
M a h e n d a r g. n j, in Bengal, Lat. 25°, Long. 89°S) 4)..44a Hind. "Great Indra's market."
Mahe Sumdo, in Kâmaon, Lat. 30°,
Long. 79° al v 4 ~= ma-he-gsum-mdo. Tib.
"The 11Idhe's Trivium." Ma-he, a kind of buffalo; gsum, three; mdo, place.
This is the name of the confluence of the LoAka and Girthi rivers. Compare Ddgsum. .Mike, we were told, is the name of a species of wild animals (which come here to drink), but we could not get it properly described. 'i'he dictionaries translate it as being a kind of buffalo.
M ah é s, in Bândelkhand, Lat. 23°, Long. 80° 0.,. .o Hind.
"The great Lord." Abbreviated from the Sanskr. M a hé s a, a name of Siva.
Anal. Mahéssar (from Mahésvara), in Malva, Lat. 21°, Long. 75°. The ss is an assimilation of s and v.
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