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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
| 210 | KHIRGYIL—KHYIRÔNG. |
| Khârgyil, in Dras, Lat. 39°, Long. 76° | ~ mkhar-dkyil. Tib. |
"The fort in the centre;" or literally also: "The fort's centre." Mkhar, fort; d k y i l, the centre.
Khavachangyiytzl, one of the names of Tibet.
' Z4' aav Tib.
"The land full of snow." Kha-va, snow; chan, adjectival termination, full; gyi, the sign of the genitive case, signifying of; yul, land.
This is the explication received from a Lama in the monastery of Lama Yarn; I cannot decide whether the name is in use as a geographical name, but it is frequently found in Buddhist legends.
Khavaspâr, in the Pânjab, Lat. 32°, Long. 74° ~ volt' Arab. Hind.
"Minister's town."
Khiftra, in the Pânjab, Lat. 32°, Long. 72° •Pânjâbi.
"Salt i sh." K h i ti r a, as we were told, is a dialectical form for K h ara, salt, saltish.
Khoshab, in the Panjab, Lat. 32°, Long. 72° ., Lim Pers.
"Fresh, juicy, full of water."
K h o s h h a l g â r h, in the Pânjab, Lat. 26°, Long. 76° Pers.
"Khoshhdl's town." Khoshhal, fortunate, happy, is also used as a personal name. The same name in Lat. 23°, Long. 74.
Anal. Khoshhal-pur, Lat. 29°, Long. 78°.
| Khôtan, or formerly Kustâna, a province of Turkistan | ~1ZTrÎ | Sanskr. |
"Bosom of the earth." Another explanation, but in reference to the spelling less probable, derives this word from the Persian Kohistan, mountainous country.
Khyagtôd, or Kâktet, in Pangkông, Lat. 33°,
Long. 78°
'khyags-stod. Tib.
"The frozen upper settlement." 'khyags, frozen; stod, the upper part.
The name is referable to the great elevation of the place and the low temperature.
K h y i r ô n g, a valley in Eastern Tibet g vim
v -- khyi-rong. Tib.
"The dogs' passage." Khyi, dog; rong, defilé, passage.
Name of a valley in Tibet to the north of Nepal, as communicated to me by a Pandit
of Jhang Bahadur.
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