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0272 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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RISHITÂLADi—SgGAR.

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R i s h i t al a m, in Käniur, Lat. 31°, Long. 78°.. Z''. ' 0.174 ri-shi-rta-lam. Tib.

"The hermits' horse-pass." R i s h i is one of the many Sanskrit words which was introduced with Buddhist literature into Tibet; rta, horse; lam, road, here crossing a ridge.

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Z\ii! eaZ, rong-chhung. Tib.

Rong, a narrow passage; chhung, small.

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   Z\TF rong-mdo. Tib.

"A district of defiles." Rong, a narrow passage, defile; mdo, a district, lower part of a country.

Another name also used for it is Ron g-yill, or dialectically Roy in, yul being land.

Ru a n v é l l e, in Ceylon, Lat. 8°, Long. 80°    

"Gold-sand:"

Rudarptiir, in *Orissa, Lat. 22°, Long. 84°    

Singhal.

%y ) J.) Hind.

"B zi d r a's town." R û d r a, he who makes weep, is an epithet of Siva. The same name in Hindostân, Lat. 26°, Long. 83°, Lat. 28°, Long. 79°.

Anal. Rudra-preäg, in Gärhvâl, Lat. 30°, Long. 79°. Rung Thung, see Jângthang.

R u p g i n j, in Bengal, Lat. 23°, Long. 90°    ji Hind.

"Beauty's market."

Anal. Rup-ga,rh, in Rajvâra, Lat. 27°, Long. 75°; Rup-narâin-river, the beautiful Narayan (or Vishnu), in the Delta of the Ganges; Rup-nagar, in Rajvara, Lat. 26°, Long. 74°.

Sadabad Sarâi, Lat. 33°, Long. 74°    417m, ot.. c .w Arab. Pers.

"Sal. di of Sad's town." Sad, a personal name, meaning happiness.

Sadrâs, see Chaturangap$tnam.

S â g a r , in Mâlva, Lat. 23°, Long. 78°    ITTTrk ().SL) Sanskr.

"Ocean." Perhaps referable to the number of tanks in its environs,- as it is told by the natives in loco. Wilson, Glossary, p. 452, quotes the same name as being applied to the low lands forming the western portion of the Delta of the Ganges, where the Hngli branch falls into the sea.

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R6ngchung, in Ladak, Lat. 34°, Long. 77°

"A short narrow defile."

R ô n g d o, in Bâlti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75°

                 
                 
                 
                 
       
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