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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
| 244 | SH(LO\•G—SHIKÂRPUR. |
S h â 1 o n g , in Kämaon, Lat. 30°, Long. 80° ` sha-slong. Tib.
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"The place where the deer rise." Sha, a deer; slong, to rise.
Fine meadows, a likely place for deer, though now they are said to be scarcely ever seen there.
Sham s a b â d, in Malva, Lat. 23°, Long. 78° 00 Arab. Pers.
"Sun's town."
Anal. Shamsgarh, in Malva, Lat. 23°, Long. 77°.
Shamshirnâgar, in Bahar, Lat. 25°, Long. 84° ~ .~;µ~.;;, Pers. Hind.
"Shamshir's town." ShamshIr, sword, is here a Persian personal name.
S h a n g s h u n g, a district in Gnari Khôrsum.... tZ,TOF zhang-zhung. Tib.
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This is an ancient name of the district of Gage. If we are allowed to view Shang Shun g as a phonetic modification of Z h o n g Z h o n g, which is translated in Schmidt's "Dictionary," p. 494, by excavated, uneven, it might be connected with the deep cuttings and erosions of the rivers, and translated by eroded country.
| S hârba Tso, a lake in Balti, Lat.35°, Long.76° | vc 74 `éa(S zhar-ba-mts` ho. Tib. |
"The blind lake." Zhar-ba, blind; mts`ho, lake.
The blindness is referred to the form of an eye, sunk in and blind; the depression of the lake, and its difference from its former level is here significantly alluded to.
Shay 6k, see Tsangbochil.
| Shergarh, in Bahar, Lat. 24°, Long. 83° | 'S°)S i'AA" | Pers. Hind. |
"Sher's, or the lion's fort." In the Pänjab the word sher is also used for tiger. 'l'he same name in Lat. 22°, Long. 76°, Lat. 26°, Long. 76°, Lat. 28°, Long. 79°.
Anal. Sher-khan-vala,'in the Pänjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 74°; Sher-k$t, in Hindostan, Lat. 24°, Long. 84°; another modification of this name is Sher-ghatti, in Bahar, Lat. 24°, Long. 84°; Shér-pur, in Bahar, Lat. 25°, Long. 83°.
S h i b g a n j, in Bengal, Lat. 24°, Long. 88° Beng.
"Siva's market."
Anal. Shibpur, in Bengal, Lat. 21°, Long. 87°.
S h i k â r p u r, also S h i k âr i p u r, in Maisstar, Lat. 14°, Long. 75° ).)., Pers. Hind.
"Hunter's town." The same name in Lat. 14°, Long. 75°, Lat. 18°, Long. 74°, Lat. 26°, Long. 87°, Lat. 28°, Long. 78°, Lat. 29°, Long. 77°, &c.
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