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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
| BELLÂRI—BHA VANIGINJ. | 175 |
B e l l a r i, or B a l la ri, in Maissûr, Lat. 15°, Long. 76° Ast 1,0 (Hind.) Sanskr.
From an ancient Indian dynasty, named the Balah,ra.
B e l tz t T a g h, or B o l o r t a g h, a mountain-range in
Turkistan (616) 810 v Turk.
"The cloudy mountain." On European maps frequently spelt Bolor, or Belur.
Benares, Vânâras, or Banares, in Hindostan,
Lat. 25°, Long. 82° Wl Hind.
"In possession of the best water." The Sanskrit name is Varanasi. In ancient times this city was called Kasi, q. v.
Bengal, see Vanga-désa.
B e r a r, a province of Central India Hind.
This name, as well as Bider, a town in the Dékhan, Lat. 17°, Long. 77°, are abbreviations of the name Vidarbha. Lassen, Vol. IV., p. 38.
B é t y a, a river in B,ndelkhand i,X.v Hind.
"Full ull of withies." From the Sanskrit Vetravati. Wilford, in As. Res., Vol. XIV., p. 408.
Bhagirathi, or Bhagrathi, a river in Gârhval Sanskr.
"Daughter of king Bhagirdtha."
B h ag v an g O 1 a, in Bengal, Lat. 24°, Long. 88° 4T TT Sanskr.
"God's granary." .V,S 014) Hind.
Bhagvan, properly Bhagavant, respectable, adorable, a name of Vishnu or God in general; gd1a, granary.
Anal. Bhagvan-pur, in Hindostan, Lat. 26°, Long. 85°; in Bândelkhand, Lat. 24°, Long. 77°; Bhagvan-garh, in Rajvâra, Lat. 26°, Long. 76°; Bhagvan-talau (talau, pool, lake), a village in Hindostan, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°.
Bharatpnr, in Rajvâra, Lat. 27°, Long. 77° , v7ga Hind.
"Bhc£rata's town." Bharata, one of the most ancient kings of India.
Anal. Bharat-ganj, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°; the same name in Lat. 25°, Long.85°.
In Sanskrit Bharatavarsha, Bhcirata's land, is even one of the ancient names for India in general.
B h a u l p ür, the capital of the Daudpûtras, in the P njab, Lat. 29°,
Long. 71° )1'• ‘i) L44 Hind.
"Bandval's town." Bahaval was a khan of the Daudpûtras.
Bhavaniganj, in Bengal, Lat. 24°, Long. 88° ers ~Ig~ Hind.
"Bhavdnis market." Bhavani is Siva's consort.
Anal. Bhavani-pûr, in Bengal, Lat. 25°, Long. 86°, and in Rsjvara, Lat. 27°, Long. 73°.
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