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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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| 214 | LÂKHIDLPÛR—LÂNGCHEN KHABAB. |
Lâkhimpitr, in Upper Assam, Lat. 27°, Long. 94° ~y ! Hind.
"Ldkhim's, or Lâkshmi's town." Lakhim, or properly La,kshmi, is the Hindu Fortune, or Goddess of happiness.
Anal. Läk hi- pûr, in Bengal, Lat. 22°, Long. 91°; Läkshmi-pfir, in Bengal, Lat. 26° Long. 87°.
Lâkhnâu, in Audh, in European Literature Lucknow, Lat.26°, Long.80° '` Hind.
"Having happy auspices." From Läkshânavati, Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. I., p. 128. The general interpretation of the name refers it to Lakshmana (the half-brother of Rama-Chandra), as its founder.
| Lakkadiva-Islands, properly Laksha-dvipa,'Lat. 10-14°, Long. 72-74° - "The 100,000 islands." | Sanskr. |
Lal Dârvâza, it pass in Hindostan, Lat. 30°, Long. 77° 5' Iv ! Pers.
"Jewel-door;" properly La'l.
Anal. L al-g a, n j , in Hindostan, tat. 25°, Long. 82°; in Bahax, Lat. 25°, Long. 85°; Lai- p u r,
in Gujrat, Lat. 22°, Long. 70°; in Bengal, Lat. 25°, Long. 87°, &c.; Lal Yas ham (rte,-, J),
the jewel jade, in the Pänjab, Lat. 31°, Long. 70° (in the maps often Lal Eesam), &c. In geographical names of India the native spelling of Lal with the ain sufficiently well defines it as the Persian word jewel. In the Himalaya, however, and occasionally in India, L al, red, is also found in geographical names.
L a l i t a P a t ta n, in Nepal, Lat. 27°, Long. 85° FrFff WO Sanskr.
"The beautiful town."
Lamagâû, in Nepal, Lat. 27°, Long. 87° ÿl`S LAN Tib. Hind.
"Lama's village."
Lamlûng, in Kämaon, Lat. 30°; Long. 79° (17,,r0.1:7, lam-lung. Tib.
"The valley of the road." Lam, road; lung, valley. It is a halting-place north of Mum.
L angehen Khabâb, also Langehen. Khabâp,
the Sittlej river ~ç reSa1' ~~ glang-chhen-kha-bab. Tib.
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"Descended from the mouth of an elephant." Glang-chhen, elephant; kha, mouth. Bab is the preterite of 'bab-po, descended. This is one of the names of the Satlej, connected with Hindu mythology. See also Wilford, in As. Res., Vol. VIII., p. 318.
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