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Mahagâû, in the Kônkan, Lat. 19°, Long. 72° . . . . . . . . . . . . مها گانو Hind.
"The great village." The same name in the Nizâm's territory, Lat. 20°, Long. 78°, and in Berâr, Lat. 20°, Long. 80°.

Mahamalâipur, Lat. 12°, Long. 80° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مهاملي پور Tamal. Hind.
"The town of the great mountain." Another form of this name is Mahabalipûram.

Mahanâdi, a river in Orissa, Lat. 20°, Long. 82° . . . . . . . . . . مهانادي Hind.
"The great river."

Mahapántha, a peak in Gárhvál . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . महापन्थ Sanskr.
"The great road (to heaven)." The name refers to the celebrated temple of pilgrimage at Kûdernath, and to the difficulty and danger attending the access to the same. The peak is more generally known by the name of Kûdernath peak.

Maharajdûrg, or Maharajdrûg, in Maissûr, Lat. 12°,
Long. 75° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مهاراج درگ Hind.
"Fort of the great king."
Anal. Maharaj-gánj, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°, Lat. 25°, Long. 87°, Lat. 27°, Long. 83°; Mahárâj-pur, Lat. 26°, Long. 78°, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°; Mahasinghpur, Lat. 27°, Long. 78° (singh, lion, is often an epithet of kings).

Mahavelligánga, a river in Ceylon, Lat. 7°, Long. 81° . . . . . . . . . Singhal.
"The great sand river."

Mahbubgánj, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 82° . . . . . . . . . . . . محبوب گنج Arab. Hind.
"Mahbûb's market." Mahbûb, beloved, seems to be here a personal name.

Mahendargánj, in Bengál, Lat. 25°, Long. 89° . . . . . . . . . مهيندر گنج Hind.
"Great Indra's market."

Máhe Súmdo, in Kâmâon, Lat. 30°,
Long. 79° . . . . . . . . . . . . . མའེ་གསུམ་མདོ ma-he-gsum-mdo. Tib.
"The Máhe's Trivium." Ma-he, a kind of buffalo; gsum, three; mdo, place.
This is the name of the confluence of the Loâka and Girthi rivers. Compare Dôgsum. Mâhe, we were told, is the name of a species of wild animals (which come here to drink), but we could not get it properly described. The dictionaries translate it as being a kind of buffalo.

Mahés, in Bândelkhánd, Lat. 25°, Long. 80° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مهيس Hind.
"The great Lord." Abbreviated from the Sanskr. Mahésa, a name of Siva.
Anal. Mahéssar (from Mahésvara), in Málva, Lat. 21°, Long. 75°. The ss is an assimilation of s and v.