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Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Duáb, or Doáb, Lat. 25°, Long. 75° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . دوآب Pers.
"(The country between) two streams." A denomination frequently used in the
Pánjáb.
Dúbka, a river in Hindostán, Lat. 29°, Long. 79° . . . . . . . . . . . . ڈبکا Hind.
"The overwhelming."
Major Madden, who, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII, p. 376, gives this explanation, connects
this word with dúbná, to sink, and dubvána, to cause to be sunk, in reference to the dif-
ficulty experienced in crossing the river.
Dudhgáñ, Lat. 20°, Long. 78° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . دردھ گانو Hind.
"Milk-village."
Dulabári, in Bengál, Lat. 24°, Long. 88° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . دولا باڑی Hind.
"White field, or house." Dúla is an abbreviation of the Sanskrit dhávala, white, as
dhóla in Dholagiri for Dhavalagiri q. v., Dhólpur q. v., &c.
Dúngnyi, in Garhvál, Lat. 30°, Long. 79° . . . གདུང་གཉིས gdung-gnyis Tib.
"The two families." Gdung, beam, timber, family; gnyis, two. It is the Tibetan name
of Mána and refers, as we were told, to an original settlement of two houses or families.
Now the place is a large village, the highest in the Alaknánda valley.
Durg, in Berár, Lat. 20°, Long. 81° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . درگ Hind.
"Fort." Particularly often met with in composed names.
Anal. Durga-púr, in Bahár, Lat. 23°, Long. 86°, the fortified town, दुर्गपुर. The name of
Dúrga, Siva's wife, would be spelt with á.
Dvárka, or Dváraka, also Dvárik, Lat. 22°, Long. 68° . . . . द्वारका Sanskr.
"The town with many doors." From dvára, door, or way, famous as Krishna's
capital.
Elephánta, in the Kónkan, Lat. 19°, Long. 72°.
This name was given by the Portuguese to the island near Bombay celebrated for its caves and
sculptures, because one of the most conspicuous of its artifices was a colossal elephant
wrought in stone, but now all in ruins. By the natives it is named Gari-púri, or the
place of caves. "Life in Bombay," 1852, p. 209.
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