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ANANDPÛR—ASSÂM.
A n a n d p i r, in Bengal, Lat. 22°, Long. 87° ' t Hind.
"The town of joy."
A n a n t p n r, in Maissur, Lat. 14°, Long. 750 ».., J Hind.
"Andnta's town." Ananta, endless, is a surname of Vishnu. Anal. Ananta-ghérri, in the Dékhan, Lat. 17°, Long. 77°.
Annam, or Cochin China.
"Peace of the south." An, peace; nam, south. Jean Louis, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. VI., p. 738. For the word Cochin-china see Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. IV., p. 420.
| A n u r a d h p u r, in Ceylon, Lat. 8°, Long. 80° | S3:9179k Sanskr. |
"Anurâdha's town." Anuradha is the name of the minister of King Vijaya; for details see Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. I., p. 202.
A r a n d v â 1, in Orissa, Lat. 18°, Long. 82° J5 41 Hind.
"Castor-oil place." Aran d is the native name for Ricinus vulgaris, or the castor-oil plant.
A r k o t, or A r k â t, in the Karnatik, Lat. 12°, Long. 79° v ES) J Tam.
."The six wildernesses." SA% Sanskr.
Dialectically abbreviated from the original A ru- k a du, a name connected with Hindu mythology. Its Sanskrit name is Shadaranya. W. Taylor, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. VII., p. 120. Also this Sanskrit word means the six forests. Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. III., p. 206, note 3, explains it as Forest of ficus-trees.
| A s a d p ü r, in Hindostan, Lat. 28°, Long. 78° | t.N..wt Arab. Hind. |
"Âsad's town, or the lion's town." Asad, lion, an arabic word, frequently met with in personal names.
A s l p u r, in Bändelkhand,. Lat. 24°, Long. 76° Arab. Hind.
"A s l's town." A s 1, origin, root, may be here a part of a personal name. Ass am, a province along the Brahmaputra river.
This word, as explained to me, is derived by the Brahmans as " unrivalled," from the Sanskrit word sama, equivalent to with the privative prefix "a." But according to another explication it comes from the name of a Bérmese dynasty the "Aikona," or "Asona" who conquered this country. Robinson, Assam, p. 2.
As its ancient name Karnak h y a, the lovely, was quoted to me, as usually, by the Brahmans of the country; this name, however, is properly referred as an epithet of the goddess Durga to her celebrated temple on the hill close to Gohatti. Also in Lassen I found, Vol. III., p. 470, that he is not of the opinion that this name has been used as the general geographical name of Assam.
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