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0259 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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NINDA DÉVI — NÂSIK.

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Nanda Dévi, the highest snow-peak of liamaon, Lat.30°,Long.79° a   Sanskr.

"The goddess Nd n d a." Nanda, happiness, a surname of the goddess Parviiti.

Anal. Nanda-pur, in the Dékhan, Lat. 19°, Long.77°; Nand-para, in Hindostan, Lat. 27°, Long. 81°.

Nandidrûg, in Maissûr, Lat. 13°, Long. 77°    

"Ndndi's castle." Nandi is one of Siva's chief attendants. Anal. Nandi- gail, in the Karnatik, Lat. 16°, Long. 80°.

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Nan g a Par b a t, a high snow-peak in Kashmir    wy lX,U Hind.

"The naked mountain." The Tibetan name of this mountain is D i am a r.

Nanjinage)du    Tarn.

"Swallowing poison." A surname of Mahadéva, who has here a great temple. Buchanan's Maissur, Vol. II., p. 147.

Naraingelnj, in Bengal, Lat. 23°, Long. 90°    Hind.

"Nardyan's (Vishnu's) market." Narayana, man's son, is an epithet of Vishnu.

Anal. Narain-garh, in Sérhind, Lat. 30°, Long. 77°, in Bengal, Lat. 22°, Long. 87°; Naraingift, in the Dékhan, Lat. 19°, Long. 74°; Narain-pét, in the Dékhan, Lat. 16°, Long. 77°; Narain-pur, in the Dékhan, Lat. 17°, Long. 78°; Narain-patnam, in Orissa, Lat. 18°, Long. 83°; Narayan-pur, in Orissa, Lat. 19°, Long. 81°; Narayani peaks, or Narayan P ärb a t, in the Nepal-Himalaya; N arai j an Parbat, or Mr P är bât, a mountain-ridge between Mana and Badrinath.

Nârbada, a river in Malva     (~,,; Hind.

"The dispenser of joy." From the Sanskrit narmä, joy, and da, giving. N â r s i n g h a, in Orissa, Lat. 20°, Long. 85°    wM,.i Hind.

"Nârsingh's (temple, fort, ccc.)." Närasinha in Sanskrit, or Närsingh in Hindostani, man-lion, is the name of Vishnu in his fourth avatara. It is also frequently met with in personal names. Here it is connected with the possessive termination.

Anal. Närsingh- n ,gar, in Bengal, Lat. 24°, Long. 91°; Närsingh-gárh in Bengal, Lat. 22°, Long. 86°; in Malva, Lat. 23°, Long. 77°, &c.; Närsingh-pétta, in the Dékhan, Lat. 18°, Long. 78°; Närsingh-pur, in Orissa, Lat. 21°, Long. 85°.

Nasik, in the Dékhan, Lat. 19°, Long. 74°     cß,15 Hind.

"Nose (promontory)."

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