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| MAHMUDPÛR—MALLBHIIM. | 219 |
M a h m u d p ti r, in Hindostan, Lat. 27°, Long. 78° )1.1 ois° Arab. Hind.
"M a h m is d's town." M ah m û (1, laudable, a personal name. The same name in Hindostan Lat. 28°, Long. 78°. •
Anal. Mahmûda, in Hindostan, Lat. 27°, Long. 79.
M a h r a th, a tribe Trgrk7 Sanskr.
Corrupted from the Sanskrit maharashtra, the great kingdom. Compare Sûrat and Gujra,t.
Mahu, see Mau.
M a i m a n s i n g h, in Bengal, Lat. 24°, Long. 90° ..~X.~,.~, ..aA Arab. Hind.
"The happy Singh, or lion." Maiman, happy; singh, lion; the latter is frequently used in personal names.
M a i s s û r, province and town in Southern India »....,qt.o Hind.
From the Sanskr. mahisha-asura, or mahishasura. The Asuras are the demons of Hindû mythology, and were placed by the myth in the hot southern land amidst the Dravida people' the enemies of the northern Ilindûs. Mahisha was one of these demons (properly=buffalo).
M a k a l i d li r g, in Maissûr, Lat. 13°, Long. 77° ~) o ~Lo Hind.
"Mczkali's fort." Makali is the charioteer of indra.
M a k d â m p ii r, in Rajvara, Lat. 28°, Long. 73° fir, r cui o Arab. Hind.
"The town of arrival (=the travellers' station) "
M a k s a n g, a name of the Satlej river, q. v.
Maksûdpur, or Mâkshûtpur, in Bengal, Lat. 23°, Long. 89° ' orciii..0 Arab. Hind.
"Mâksûd's town." Maksfid, desire, or desired, a personal name. Anal. Mâksûd-nagar, in Bindelkhand, Lat. 24°, Long. 77°.
M a l a k k a, the southern part of the Indo-Chinese peninsula, about Lat. 8°,
Long. 99° •Hind.
According to Wilford, the natives at present connect this name with maha-lanka, the great island (or peninsula). As. Res. XVIII., p. 304. But Lassen, Vol. IV., p. 545, says that it
has its name from the tree Myrobalanum.
Malediva Islands, properly Malaya-dfba, or -dvipa, Lat. 1-7°, Long. 72-74° Hind.
"The islands of Malayavdra, or Malabar."
Anal. Diu, or dvipa, frequently used as name of any small island.
Malibhûm, in Nepal, Lat. 28°, Long. 83°
"Gardeners' land."
Anal. Mali-gati, in the Khandésh, Lat. 20°, Long. 74°; Mali-para, in Bengal, Lat. 23°,
Long. 88°.
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Hind.
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