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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
| JOHÂR—KÂI:1iPUR. | 205 |
J0 h a r, sometimes also J a v a h i r, a district in Kâmaon Jso~ Arab.
"Jewel." The naine given to Johâr by the Hnnias (a Tibetan tribe) is Kiénpum; the Johâris are called Kienôkpa,."
Junagarh, properly Yâvana-gadha,`
in Gujrat, Lat. 21°, Long. 70° -933.S properly ZKR7r4 Sanskr.
"Greek town." The Greeks, and the Western nations in general, were called in Sanskrit Yavana. The transition of y into j (phonetically speaking) has many analogies, as, Latin Johannes, Ital. Giovanni, Engl. John; Latin juvenis, ital. giovine, &c. &c. For the change of the syllables, "ava" into "ô," or "û," compare Dolabâri, Dolagiri, Gangôtri, &c. The denomination "Greek" probably refers to the Greek-Bactrian empire.
| Jurâj p ur,. in Audh, Lat. 27°, Long. 80° "Princes town." Jurâj=java-raja, young icing. Jvâla Mizkhi, in the. Pânjâb, Lat. 31°, Long. 76° | ~y Ct).1~ | Hind. |
| Sanskr. |
"Flame-mouth." A general name for places where subterraneous fires break forth, as is the case here.
K â c h, or K â c h h a, a province of Western India '4W Sanskr.
"The marshy (coast)." Also in the Bhutan-T arki we meet the name K â ch h a, but connected with V i h â r a, the monastery in the marshes. Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. I., p. 61.
KafirkOt, in the Pânjâb, Lat. 32°, Long. 71° ka,5.çybK Arab. Hind.
"Infidel's fort." Kafir, the Infidel.
Kailas, or Kailâsa, also Kilas, a mountain chain in Tibet . . j7ji j Sanskr.
"Seat of the wedge." This name is derived by Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. I., p. 34, from kilo., wedge, and Asa, seat. Cunningham (Ladâk, p. 43) says: Kailas means crystalline, or icy, and is derived from k e 1 as, a crystal, which is itself a compound of k e, water, and las, to shine. But according to Wilson's Sanskrit Dictionary, las in the signification of to shine would require the prefix "ut."
Another name connected with the Kailas range is Tise, the denomination of its highest
peak.
Kâimpur, in the Pânjâb, Lat. 28°, Long. 70° iy ßlä Arab.Ilind.
"Kdim's town." Kâim, firm, a personal name. Anal. Kaim-ganj, Lat. 27°, Long. 79°.
In our Route-map we spelt it erroneously Juniiggar, before having compared the native transcription used.
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