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CHUMÎG MARPO—DALA.
roaring; but chan, which means full of, filled with, is often omitted. As an analogous case we may mention l a n and la n- c h a n, humid and full of humidity.
The name refers to a small glacier-stream, a lateral affluent of the Mangnang river; its junction is near Mangyn, q. v.
Chum i g M a r p o, in Lah61, Lat. 32°,
Long. 77° ∎S`FAZ9v IJ~`rl chhu-mig dmar-po Tib.
"The red spring." Chhu-imig, spring;_Idmar-po, red. The name has reference .to deposits of oxyd of iron.
Chunâ,r, in Hindostan, Lat. 25°, Long. 82° Hind.
"The foot of the mountains." In Sanskrit this place is called Charanagiri, or Charanadri. Wilford, As. Res., Vol. IV., p. 459, considers Chuni#,r ta be a modification of this Sanskrit name, but the form of the composition being properly mountains of the foot, makes this interpretation rather improbable.
Chûru, see Tsomognalari.
Chu r û l b a , in Gnari Kh6rsum, Lat. 31°, Long. 80° e7 ,v Z. QI `7:3 chhu-rul-ba Tib.
"Putrid water." Chhu, water; rul-ba, putrid.
The Bhûtias of M.flum call it Mani pani, in reference to the numerous ch6rtens and their sacred inscriptions (em mûni padme hum) at the entrance of the valley.
C h ü s h u 1, in Pangk6ng, Lat. 38°, Long. 78° ~ `~?.1 chhu-shul Tib.
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"The water tracks." Chhu, water; shul, track.
A very characteristic name, referred to the empty river beds, so very numerous in the environs of the Tsomognalari salt-lake.
D a g k a r, a mountain in Rnpchu, Lat. 33°, Long. 78°LJ1~ `~71iz, brag-dkar Tib. "A white rock." Brag, a rock; dkar, white.
Dahigâü, in the Dékhan, Lat. 19°, Long. 75° r,lS (se') Hind.
"Milk-village." Milk in Hindostani dudh, in Sanskrit did hi.
Daibung, a mountain in Nepal, Lat. 28°, Long. 85° ~Fi,uv Hind.
"Destroying of pity." Properly Day abhanga, so called from the severity of the ascent.
D â l a , a mountain south of Samyé, on the route from Tavang (Tauong) to Lhassa.
"Pass of rocks." Brag, a rock; la, pass. LI~`21 brag-la Tib.
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