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| FIROZABÂD—GANGÔTRI. | 191 |
F i r o z a b âd, in the Dékhan, Lat. 17°, Long. 77° vl~l j Arab. Pers.
"Firôz' town, or Abode of prosperity." Firôz, prosperous, a personal name.
Anal. Ferôz-pur, in Hindostân, Lat. 27, Long. 77°, Lat. 28°, Long. 78°, Lat. 29°, Long. 77°, Lat. 29°, Long. 78°; in the Pänjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 75°; Fer6z Shah, in the Pänjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 74°.
G a b h a s t i, a Sanskrit name for the Brahmapntra river, q. v.
Galle, in Ceylon, Lat. 6°, Long. 80°
Singhal.
"Rock." Also as a component part in many other Singhalese names, as in Tang-g"é,lle, gold-rock, Lat. 6°, Long. 81°, &c.
Gambhir, .a river in Malva Hind.
"The deep (river)." The same river name in Rajvara.
Gambhirgarh, in Kandésh, Lat. 20°, Long. 73° -S9S Hind.
Gambhira is concealed, secret, besides- deep. The latter might be perhaps referred to a river near it or to ditches around it.
Anal. Gambhirpur, in Hindostâ,n, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°.
Gandharbgarh, in Malabar, Lat. 15°, Long. 74° ,so y1,.0(3,.),S Hind.
"The town of the Gandhdrbs." The Gandh ,rbs are demi-gods and the musicians in Indra's heaven. Wilson, Sanskrit Dictionary.
G a n é s p u r, in Hindostan, Lat. 26°, Long. 82° ; 7179 (Sanskr.) Hind.
"Gan é s a's town." Gansa is the god of wisdom, generally represented with an elephant's head.
G a n g a p r a s â d, in Bengal, Lat. 25°, Long. 87° :T-491:RTK Sanskr.
"Gânga's favour." Prasada, offer to a deity, favour.
Gang a p n r a, in Rajvara f)y lL S (Sanskr.) Hind.
"River town."
Ganges river. The European form of the name is the Greek modification. The Sanskrit and Hindostâni form is Ganga (feminine); also very frequently met with in compound river names, as Ramganga, Kaliganga, &c.
Gangôtri, see JämnOtri.
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