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| UDA IP ÛR— V IRADiIN(IALAM. | 257 |
Udaipur, in Orissa, Lat. 22°, Long. 83°
W<Ilte teal Sanskr., Hind.
"Town of happiness." The same name in Rajvara, Lat. 24°, Long. 73° ; in the Pänjflb, Lat. 29°, Long. 730; in Bengal, Lat. 25°, Long. 84°.
U j a i n, or U j é n, in Malva, Lat. 22°, Long. 76° J,~j Sanskr., Hind.
"The victorious." From the Sanskrit Ujjayinï In ancient times it was named Avanti,
the protecting, and was one of the seven holy towns of the Hindes, the residence of Vikra-
maditya. The first meridian of the Hindu astronomers passed over UJj}ain.
luvâni, in the Nichai), Lat. 19°, Long. 76° "~C,.~^' Hind.
"Having a thicket of Ulu." Ulu is the native name for Saccharum cylindricum.
| Vânga-d "The | ésa, the province Bengal 'c; irc4 Hind. cotton-country" (= B en g d l). This was its Sanskrit name. |
Varakâdu,
"The granter of wishes." A surname of Vishnu, to whom a place of worship is here dedicated. Buchanan's Journey through Maissûr, Vol. II., p. 151.
| Vazirabâd, in | the Pânjab, Lat. 32°, Long. 74° 1.41. )...3), Arab. Pers. |
"Vazir's (minister's) town."
Anal. Vazfr-gänj, in Hindostan, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°, Lat. 26°, Long. 82, Lat. 28°, Long. 79°; Vazfr- pur , in the Piinjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 73°; Vazir-garh, in Hindostan, Lat. 30°, Long. 78°.
Vijaigarh, in the Kénkan, Lat. 17°, Long. 73° . . . . f 1414014 5)S ~~ Sanskr., Hind.
"Fort of victo
Anal. Vijai-nàgaram, Lat. 17°, Long. 83°.
V i n d h y a, a mountain range' in Malva f .~ÿ Sanskr.
Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. ., p. 81, connects it with vyadh, properly cleavable: here in the sense
who refers it to the
of perforated, torn u . He disagrees with the explanation given by Wilson (Sanskrit Diet.),
legend of the V i n d h y a range opposing the sun's returning to the
dhya is not very generally known to the natives.
south. The name Vin
Viramangalam, in Malabar, Lat. 10°, Long. 76° Artkiwk Sanskr., Hind.
"Hero's happiness."
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a district in Maisser Sanskr. Kanar.
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