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Mánpur, in Bahár, Lat. 23°, Long. 83° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مان پور Hind.
"Mán's town, or town of honour." Man, honour, frequent in personal names.

Mansagiri, in the Gárro hills, Lat. 25°, Long. 90° . . . . . . . . . منساگري Hind.
"Mánsa's mountain." Mánsa, properly Mánasa, is the goddess of the serpents.

Mansaráur, a lake in Tibet, Lat. 30°, Long. 81° . . . . . . . मानससरोवर Sanskr.
"The lake created (by Bráhma) from his mind." The full name is Mánasa-
saróvara. For details, see Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. I., p. 34, and Wilford, As. Res., Vol. VIII.,
p. 322; for the numerous and various legends connected with this lake, see Ritter, "Erd-
kunde von Asien." The Tibetan name for Mansaráur is Tso Mápan, or Mápham; for the
western lake, in connection with it, the Sanskrit name is Rákus tal, the Tibetan Tso Lágnag,
or Láung.

Mansurkottái, in Orissa, Lat. 19°, Long. 85° . . . . . . . . . . . منصور کوٹي Arab. Tam.
"Mansúr's fort." Mansúr, victorious, happy, a personal name.
Anal. Mansur-gánj, in Hindostán, Lat. 26°, Long. 83°; Mansúr-pur, in the Panjáb, Lat. 31°,
Long. 76°.

Mantrigáû, in the Khássia hills, Lat. 25°, Long. 92° . . . . . . . منتري گاڈو Hind.
"Minister's village."

Márpor Lúngba, see Marporí.

Marporí, in Bálti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75° . . . . . . . . དམར་པོ་རི dmar-po-ri. Tib.
"The red mountain." Dmar-po, the red; ri, mountain.
The name refers to the frequent occurrence of reddish rocks. Concerning the occurrence
of the same name, Marporí, or Marborí, near Lhássa, with the large monastery Pótala,
the residence of the Dalái Lama, see my Bhútia map of the Narigún-Lhássa road and
Klaproth, Nouv. Journ. As. 1830, p. 244.
Anal. Márpo Lúngba (dmar-po ḵlung-ba), the red river, in Bálti.

Mártholi, in Kámáon, Lat. 30°, Long. 79°,
modified from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . མར་མཐོ་གླིང mar-mtho-ling. Tib.
"The lower Thóling." Mar, low; mtho, high, elevated; ling. or more correctly lding,
to float, fly.
Compare Thóling. The Hunías call this village Námla.

Marvár, a district of Rajvára . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . مروار Hind.
"Desert country." In Sanskrit this country was called Maru-sthála, or Maru-désa,
both sthála and désa meaning country. The corresponding word in modern Hindostáni is
vár, or vára.