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0268 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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P6NDIIN,—RAHACH6KI.

P ü n d u n, in Pangkang, Lat. 33°, Long. 78°     ~CJar Z,47a spun-bdun. Tib.

Lv 1 v 1

"The seven brothers." Spun, brother; bdun, seven. A group of seven glaciers, which I also heard called Manmo pnndun.

Para, in Hindostan, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°    Sanskr., 5,8 Hind.
"Town,."

Anal. Pari, in Orissa, Lat. 19°, Long. 85°, &c.

P u s e t h â ng, in Gnari Kh6rsum Lat. 31 ° Long. 80°    ~a

spu-chhen-thang. Tib.

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"The plain, or meadow of the poses." Puse, a kind of mole; thang, a plain, a meadow. Numerous hills are thrown up in this place, and are rather surprising in so great an elevation, where vegetation of any kind is so scarce. In the dictionaries we looked in vain for puse, but Mr. Schiefner, whom I consulted about it, kindly informed me that it might be corrupted from spu chhen, long-haired; spu meaning hair, chhen, great. For a short-haired animal of this kind might then be expected spu h ru g, pronounced pu-shuk.

Rabanabâd, in Bengal, Lat. 21°, Long. 90'     JL_t lys) Beng. Pers.

"R d b a n's town." R,a v an a, one of the evil demons of Hindu mythology, and a king of Ceylon.

R ä e m â n g a l , a river in Bengal, Lat. 21°, Long. 89°    ~ 5~ Beng.

"King's happiness."

Anal. Räe-gânj, in Bengal, Lat. 25°, Long. 88°; Räe-gârh, in the K6nkan, Lat. 18°, Long. 73°; Ii äe -mata, king's mother, a river in Bengal; Rae-pur, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°; Raekdt, in Sérhind, Lat. 30°, Long. 750.

Raghavapnram, in the Dékhan, Lat. 17°, Long. 80°a   Sanskr.

"Bag h a v a's town." R ag hava, descendant of Itdghu, a name of Rama Chandra.

Anal. Raghav-garh, Hindostani form, or Räghéb-garh, Bengaliform, in Malva, Lat. 22', Long. 76°; Raghu-garh, Hindostani form, in Bändelkhand, Lat. 24°, Long. 77°; Raghunäth-garh, in Rajvara, Lat. 26°, Long. 75°; Raghunäth-par, in Beng1, Lat. 23°, Long. 86°; in Rajvara, Lat. 26°, Long. 76°.

Rahachôki, in Lower Assam, Lat. 26°, Long. 92°    S lsa5 Pers. Hind.

"Guard-house near the road." Rah, way; chaki, guard house, post.