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M a n s a g f r i, in the Gârro hills, Lat. 25°, Long. 90°
~~~ 1.w.Lo Hind.
"Mdnsa's mountain." M ânsa, properly Mânasa, is the goddess of the serpents.
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Mansarâur, a lake in Tibet, Lat. 30°, Long. 81°
Mârtholi, in Kâmion, Lat. 30°, Long. 79°,
modified from é ' 5.18' 2111 mar-mtho-ling.
MÂNP UR—MARYÂR.
Mânpur, in Bahâr, Lat. 23°, Long. 83° )?' ul.4 Hind.
"Man's town, or town of honour." Man, honour, frequent in personal names.
"The lake created (by Brdhma) from his mind." The full name is Mânasas ar6 v a r a. For details, see Lassen, Ind. Alt., Vol. I., p. 34, and Wilford, As. Res., Vol. VIII., p. 322; for the numerous and various legends connected with this lake, see Ritter, "Erdkunde von Asien." The Tibetan name for Mansarâur is Tso Mâpan, or Mâpham; for the western lake, in connection with it, the Sanskrit name is R ik us t al, the Tibetan Tso L âg n ag, or Linag.
Mansurkottii, in Orissa, Lat. 19°, Long. 85° 35,~c:~o Arab. Tam.
"Mansiir's fort." Mansûr, victorious, happy, a personal name.
Anal. Mansur-g ,nj, in Hindostân, Lat. 26°, Long. 83°; Mansur-pur, in the Panjâb, Lat. 31°, Long. 76°.
Mantrigâû, in the Khissia hills, Lat. 25°, Long. 92° ;1$ 4).w:L,o Hind.
"Minister's village."
Mârpor Lizngba, see Marpori.
Marpori, in Bâlti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75° 71.! LI T R dmar-po-ri. Tib.
"The red mountain." Dmar-po, the red; ri, mountain.
The name refers to the frequent occurrence of reddish rocks. Concerning the occurrence of the same name, Marpori, or Marborff, near Lhassa, with the large monastery P6tala, the residence of the Dalai Lama, see my Bhutia map of the Narigun-Lhassa road and Klaproth, Nouv. Journ. As. 1830, p. 244.
Anal. Mirpo Lungba (dmar-po klung-ba), the red river, in Bilti.
"The lower Thôling." Mar, low; mtho, high, elevated; ling, or more correctly lding,
to float, fly.
Compare T h 6l i n g. The Hunias call this village N iml a.
Marvâr, a district of Rajvira
"Desert country." In Sanskrit this country was called Maru-sthila, or Maru-dosa, both s th il a and d e s a meaning country. The corresponding word in modern Hindostân is var, or vira.
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