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Jómo (Chómo, Cháma) not unfrequently occurs also in North-Eastern Tibet in names of mountains, as Chomogánkar (jo-mogangs dkar), *the mistress's white ice;* or as a specimen of minor elevation, Chomonágri (jo-mo nags ri), *the mistress's woody mountain.* These two examples were kindly communicated to me as analoga by Mr. A. Schiefner of St. Peters-burg.

Champapúr, in Bengál, Lat. 24°, Long. 89° . . . . . . . . . . . . . چمباپور Hind.
"*Chámpa-town.*" Chámpa, name of a tree, *Michelia champaka.*

Chand, in Berár, Lat. 21°, Long. 79° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . چاند Hind.
"*Moon.*"
Anal. Chándar, in Bengál, Lat. 25°, Long. 87°; chándra being *moon* in Sanskrit. Chandarghát, in Nepál, Lat. 28°, Long. 81°; Chándragiri, in the Karnátik, Lat. 13°, Long. 79°. Also a pass on the road from the plains to Kathmándu, Lat. 27°, Long. 85°, has this name.

Chandarkötidúrg, in Maissúr, Lat. 14°, Long. 75° . . . . چندر کوٹی درگ Hind.
"*The castle of the moon's horn.*" Kóti, *the curved end,* the horn when combined with moon, may be considered here as an emphatical epithet referring to the form of the rock on which the castle is built.
On the maps of the Madras Presidency it is generally spelt Chundergootydroog.
Anal. Chandar-koti-pátnam, in Maissúr, Lat. 16°, Long. 78°.

Chandarnágar, in Bengál, Lat. 22°, Long. 88° . . . . . . . . . . چندر دگر Hind.
"*Moon-town.*" The French custom of putting the accent on the last syllable causes the word to be generally pronounced by the European population as Chandernagár; but neither the accentuation of the natives nor the indigenous mode of writing it coincide with this pronunciation.
Anal. Chándar-pur, in Orissa, Lat. 21°, Long. 83°; Chand-nágar, in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 78°; in Orissa, Lat. 21°, Long. 83°; Chánd-pur, in Málva, Lat. 23°, Long. 78°; in Bengál, Lat. 23°, Long. 90°; in Hindostán, Lat. 29°, Long. 78°.

Chandrabhága, a river in the Western Himálaya; *see* Suryabhága چندربهاگا Hind.
"*The portion of the moon.*" Also a mountain range in Lahól and Kishtvár bears this name.

Chandunángi, a mountain in Síkkim, Lat. 27°, Long. 88°.

འཛན་འབྲུ་ནང་རྒྱས། btsan-bru-naug-rgyas. Tib.

"*The powerful vexed (subdued) by the esoteric symbol.*" Btsan, *strong, secure, firm, powerful;* 'bru, *a grain, a corn,* or *to pick, to dig, to vex;* nang, *intrinsic,* or *esoteric, orthodox, a Buddhist, the morning;* rgya, *a seal, token, symbol;* "s" is the sign of the instrumental case.