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Machipúcha, or Machhipúchha, a peak in Nepál, Lat. 28°,
Long. 83° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مچھی پونچھا Hind.
"Fish-tail." One of the Naráyani peaks in the Central Himálaya, very conspicuous from
Kathmándu. The word matchhi or matsya, as I was informed by Nepalese Bráhmans,
is connected with Vishnu's first avatára.

Machlibándar, or Machhlibándar, in the Karnátik.
Lat. 16°, Long. 81° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مچھلی بندر Hind. Pers.
"Fish-harbour." This is another name for Masulipatám.
Anal. Máchli-sháhar, in Hindostán, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°.

Madánpur, in Bengál, Lat. 26°, Long. 87° . . . . . . . . . . . . . مدن پور Hind.
"Madán's town." Madán, the cheerer, a surname of Kamadéva, the god of love. The
same name in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 82°; in Bengál, Lat. 26°, Long. 83°.

Madgiridúrg, in Maissúr, Lat. 13°, Long. 77° . . . . . . . . . مدگری درگ Hind.
"The proud mountain-fort."

Madhobpúr, in Bengál, Lat. 24°, Long. 89° . . . . . . . . . . . . माधवपुर Beng.
Mádhob's (Mádhava's) town." Mádhava, the sweet, an epithet of Krishna.
Anal. Madho-púr, the same name, in Rajvára, Lat. 25°, Long. 76°; Madho-ráj-pur, King
Mádhava's town, in Rajvára, Lat. 26°, Long. 75°.

Madhumáti, in Bengál, Lat. 22°, Long. 90° . . . . . . . . . . . . मधुमती Sanskr.
"Abounding in honey." Mádhu, honey, milk, ambrosia.

Madrás, or Mandráj, in the Karnátik, Lat. 13°, Long. 80° . . . . مندراج Hind.
From the Sanskr. Mandarájya; the natives still use Mandráj; another name for it is
Chinna-pátnam, q. v. It probably signifies Empire of Mánda or Yáma, the Indian Pluto.

Magar Taláu, in Sindh, Lat. 24°, Long. 69° . . . . . . . . . . . . مگر تلاو Hind.
"Alligator pool." A Mussalmán Saint, named Pir, the old, is buried here, who is often
called Mágar Pir, or the Alligator's Saint.

Mághrîbi, in Sindh, Lat. 24°, Long. 68° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مغربی Arab.
"The western (town)." Mághrib, the west. The same name in Lat. 24°, Long. 68°, in close
vicinity to the former.

Mahabaléshvar, in the Dékhan, Lat. 17°, Long. 73° . . . . महाबलेश्वर Sanskr.
"The lord of the great strength." An epithet of Mahadéva, or Síva.

Mahadeopúr, in the Dékhan, Lat. 18°, Long. 79° . . . . . . . महादेवपुर Sanskr., or Beng.
"The city of the great God." Mahadéva is particularly an epithet of Síva.
Anal. Mahadéo Mountains, in Berár, Lat. 21°, Long. 78°.

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