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0267 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
インドおよび高地アジアへの科学調査隊派遣の成果 : vol.3
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PÎTAPÛRPUDU$ÔTTA.

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Pitapür, in Gujrat, Lat. 23°, Long. 72°    Hind.

"Fathers' town."

P ô i L â b t s e, a mountain in Gnari Khôrsum,

'V c\   ∎c

wa,' (1. ' z spo'i-lab-tse. Tib.

"The heaps of the summit." Spo, summit; i is the genitive; lab-tse, a heap.

By this rather curious name allusion is made to three rounded prominences on the crest of this mountain (of very moderate elevation). The middle of these prominences is called Karpo, the white; the southern, Marpo, the red; and the northern, Nagpo, the black; they are considered to be the seats of three goddesses. The mountain is situated in the outer chains of the Trans-Sâtlej range.

P o k h a r a, properly P u s h k âr a, a tank and village near Ajmir, in

Rajvara, Lat. 26°, Long. 74°    14 q TSanskr., )..gt.),, Hind.

"Lotus-tank." It is also styled Pishkar   

P o n d i c h é r r i, in the Karnatik, Lat. 12°, Long. 79°    Tam.

"New town." The genuine Tamul form is Poduchéri, from pôdu (or pûdu), new, and

chéry, town.

Porgy â l peaks, in the North-Western Himalaya,

Lat. 31° Lon

g. 78°     ~~v ~t1J spor-rgyal. Tib.

"The lofty twins." S p o r, arising, promoting, advancing; rgyal, name of a constellation of two stars, analogous to Gemini.

Cunningham, Ladak, p. 62, whose explanation I follow, connects this name with the double-

peaked appearance of this mountain. The fundamental meaning of the word victorious.

rgyal is

Lat. 31°, Long. 80° -   

Pôtala, or Potalâka, in Sindh, Lat. 25°, Long. 69° *WO' or 11-)*   4

A Hindu name for "A l l a h a b d d."

"Receiving the boats (ships), Harbour."

Prâbhu Kuthâr, see Brahmakiznd.

P r e a g, in Hindostan, Lat. 25°, Long. 81°    -

The proper meaning of the Sanskr. prayaga — in modern perag, prag — is sacrifice, oblation; but it is also applied to the Ganges and Jamna (see Trivéni), and is generally bestowed

the confluence of two rivers. (e. g. Vishnupreag, q. v.)

P u d u k ô t t a, in the Karnatik, Lat. 10°, Long..79°    

-   "New fort." Compare Popdichérri.

Sanskr.

1.4y Hind.

dialects prayag, preag,
the point of confluence of
on holy places situated at

Tam. 30*

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