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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
| 168 | AGHAGÂNJ—ALAD'IPÛR. |
A g h a gin j, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 82° .,00..S la Turk. Hind.
"Lord's market."
Ahmadabad, in Gujr,t, Lat. 22°, Long. 72° Arab. Pers.
"Amad's town." Ahmad, praised, is frequently used as a personal name.
Anal. Ahmad-n ,gar, in the Dékhan, Lat. 19°, Long. 74°; in Gujr,t, Lat. 23°, Long. 73°; in Hindostân, Lat. 27°, Long. 78°, &c.; Ahmad-pûr, in the Pänjâb, Lat. 28°, Long. 70°, Lat. 29°, Long. 71°, Lat. 30°, Long. 71°, &c., &c.
A j mil., in Rajvâra, Lat. 26°, Long. 75° Hind.
Lassen, Ind. Alt.,' Vol. I., p. 111, translates Aja-midha by a capro mictum, and. considers it as a kind of name of contempt given to this place by the inhabitants of the adjacent districts. —Wilson, Skr. Diet. considers it to be a surname of the king Yudishtira, and to signify loved by the unborn (by Vishnu). The separation, however, into Ajam and idha, the former being the accusative, is also objected to by Böhtlingk and Roth.
Akaligârh, in the Pänjâb, Lat. 32°, Long. 73° sa Lt K1 Hind.
Akâli, immortal, is the name adopted by a tribe of the Sikhs
Akbarabâd, in Hindostân, Lat. 27°, Long. 78° 7.0 Arab. Pers.
"Ahbar's city." Akbar, the greatest, a personal name. This is the name given to Agra by the Mussälmâns, in honour of thé great Mogul emperor of this name.
Anal. Akbar-pfir, in Mâlva, Lat. 22°, Long. 77; in Hindostân, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°, Lat. 27°, Long. 77°, Lat. 27°, Long. 79.
Aksu, in Turkistan ,o üt Turk.
"White water." Name of several rivers in Turkistan; the epithet white generally refers to a greyish colour produced by suspended matter washed down from the glaciers and their moraines.
Anal. Ak-tigh, white mountain, in Turkistan, Lat. 36°, Long. 77°. Ak-tâsh, white stone, in Turkistan, Lat. 40°, Long. 71°.
Aky6,b, in Arrakân, Lat. 20°, Long. 92° Berm.
According to Colonel Phayre this name is derived from that of a pagoda situated near this town, called: Akyab-dau-kun, royal jawbone hillock, from a jawbone of Gautama's being buried here. Thornton's Gazetteer, p. 20.
A.la.m par , in Maissûr, Lat. 15°, Long. 78° ~ ., Arab. Hind.
"Standard town."
1 Ind. Alt. is, in this Glossary, the abbreviation for Indische Alterthumskunde.
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