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0266 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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PHINDE I{HÂN(ifBAR—PISN~(3AR.

Phiinde Bhangsar, also Phûnde Bhi ngsar,

in Gnâri Kh6rsum    Tc1F'7.1v(ir,,,vz, phan-bde-khang-sar. Tib.

"The new house of blessing and welfare." Phan, useful, in the sense of being a blessing; bde, welfare, the state of being well; khang, a house; sar, new. This is a name given to the few solidly built houses at Gârtok, q. v.. The euphemistic name is to be understood as an allusion to the great importance of the protection they offer, since in consequence of the very great elevation (15,090 ft.) the climate is particularly rough, and the place is dreaded by the Chinese superintendents who have to pass the summer there.

Phalan g Panda, in Kûlu, Lat. 32°, Long. 77°    Ladâki.

"Boundary. stone."

Phul, in &I-hind, Lat. 30°, Long. 75°     J)   Hind.

"Flower."

Anal. Phul-bâ.di, or bari, flower-garden, in Orissa, Lat. 18°, Long. 82°; Phui-gb,rh, -in Orissa, Lat. 21°, Long. 83°; Phul-pnr, in Hindostân,.Lat. 25°, Long. 82°; Phul-vari (var i, place), in Bahia-, Lat. 25°, Long. 84°.

P h y i c h ü, in Rûpchu, Lat. 33°, Long. 78°    '   phyi-chhu. Tib.

"The marmot rivulet." ,Phyi, the native name for Arctomys Bobac; chhu, water. A place frequented by marmots for the purpose of drinking.

P i m o La, in Landl, Lat. 32°, Long. 77°     T4 T 5021 pi-mu-la. Tib.

"The knee pass." Pi-mu, the knee; la, pass. A name also met with in the Luropean Alps, e. g. near the Eibsee, in Bavaria. Schröter's Dictionary, p. 181, has pi-mu for knee; Csoma and Schmidt have pis-mu, which Schiefner affirms to be the ancient word for knee.

in the Pinjâb, Lat. 33°,

y -   Hind. Arab., with

Long. 72°    ~`   ~~0 ‘.5   Persian inflexion.

"Village of the king whose subjects are beloved by God."

Anal. Pindi-i-J616.l-Khan, in the Pânjab, Lat. 31°, Long. 73°; Pind Dâdan Khan, in the Pan*, Lat. 32°, Long. 73°.

Pipâl, in Sindh, Lat. 24°, Long. 68'     J,.■„,N Hind.

"Fig-tree (ficus religiosa)."

Pirn ,gar, in Audh, Lat. 27°, Long. 80°    ' y . Hind.

"Saints' town."

Anal. Pir Pânjal, Saints' mountain, in Kashmir; Pir-ganj, in Bahar, Lat. 25°, Long. 87', in Bengal, Lat. 25°, Long. 88°, Lat. 25°, Long. 89 ; Pir -s i n g 11- p ur, in Bândelkhând, Lat. 24', Long. 80°.