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TSObioRÎRI—TUNGABHÛDRA.

The word m n g ar, sweet, here applied to the water, means that it has not yet become so impregnated with salt as to be undrinkable ; the pronunciation is here modified as the ng in Gnâri Khôrsum, q. v.

The Ts o m o g n a l a r i lake is the largest in Western Tibet; on the maps it is generally called T so Pangkông, from the province in which it is situated.

Another name of Tsomognalarf is C h a r u , as I was subsequently told by Captain Speke (the well-known African traveller).

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`l' so m or i r i , in Rapchu, Lat. 32°, Long. 78° NeS T R' Z,' mts ho-mo-ri-ri. Tib.

"Mountain-lake." Mt s` h o - m o , lake; r i - r i is, according to Cunningham (Ladâk, p. 138), the adjective of mountain, mountainous. I could not succeed in obtaining an etymological explanation when in the environs of the lake.

Cunningham says, that there is also a legend, according to which the lake received the name from the cries of a drowning woman who cried out "riri" when, riding a yak, she lost her life in the water.

Tsomotethnng, in Rapchu, Lat. 33°,

Long. 78°    (S' 7(4' r, 8 mts` ho-mo-dre-'thung. Tib.

"The lake, the wild horse's drinking place." Mts'ho-mo, lake; dre (te), mule, wild horse, kyang (= equus hemionus); 'thung, a drinking place. The name probably refers

to its being visited by the wild animals in its neighbourhood.

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Ts6 n a, also heard T s ö n a, in Bhutan, Lat. 27°, Long. 92°   ,'   ts` ho-nag. Tib.

"Dark community." Ts`ho, a flock, an integral, a community; nag, black, dark.

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Tso Pang, in Pangkông, bat. 33°, Long. 78° ....   mts` ho-spang. Tib.

"The green lake." Mtsrho, lake; spang, green. TT.•JJ

One of the numerous small lakes, north-west of the Tsomognalarf lake.

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Tso Rul, in Pangkông, Lat. 33°, Long. 78°    d es' Z.Q1 mts`ho-rul. Tib.

"Putrid, bitter lake." Mts`ho, lake; rul, putrid, bitter. I found this name also given to several of the smaller lakes which I passed in Western Pangkông.

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T s Ûr1 o g, in Ladâk, Lat. 34°, Long. 77°    24Zr ts` hur-logs. Tib.

"Towards this side, or wall." Ts`hur, here, this side; logs, side. It is a halting-place on the side of a pass towards the more inhabited part of the country, in this case lying to the south. "On the other side of the mountain" would be P h â r l o g s, also occasionally used for a halting-place.

T u n g a b h n d r a, an affluent of the Krishna, in Maissur    W   Sanskr.

"Tzcnga and Bhddra."

The river is formed by the confluence of two smaller rivers descending from the western Ghats: the Tanga, high, and the Bhâdra, happy; below the junction the names of both are united, and for Bhâdra is generally heard Bhadra.

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