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0262 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 / Page 262 (Color Image)

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Nurélia (also spelt: Newera Ellia), in Ceylon, Lat. 7°, Long. 81° Singhal.
"Town of the plain." We were told that the name refers to the environs of the town:
although it is situated in the mountainous part of Ceylon, its immediate vicinity is compar-
atively level and plain.

Omargárh, in Sindh, Lat. 31°, Long. 71° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . غمر گڑھ Arab. Hind.
"Omar's fort." The same name in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 78°.
Anal. Omar-kót, in Sindh, Lat. 25°, Long. 69°; and in the Panjáb, Lat. 28°, Long. 70°.

Pach Chúli, a group of snow-peaks in Kámáon, Lat. 30°, Long. 80° پنج چولی Hind.
"The five crests." Chúla, chúda, chúr, means in this country, head, crest, from chul,
to elevate. (The word signifying fire-place would be spelt Chúlhi.) It is one of the largest
glacier groups, and also celebrated as the abode of the five Pándus, or Pándava princes.
See the Chiner panorama in the Atlas.
Padshahgánj, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 81° . . . . . . . . . . . پادشاہ گنج Pers. Hind.
"King's market."
Anal. Pádshah Máháll (máháll, house, place), in Hindostán, Lat. 30°, Long. 77°; Pádshah-
púr, in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 77°; in the Dékhan, Lat. 16°, Long. 74°.
Pádun, also found spelt Pádum, in Zánkhar, Lat. 33°,
Long. 78° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . དཔའ་བདུན dpa'-bdun. Tib.
"The seven champions." Dpa'-vo, a champion, hero; bdun, seven.
Referred by the inhabitants to a legend in connection with the foundation and former im-
portance of Pádun. The word champion was taken, by our Lama informants at least, as
signifying champion of the faith.
Pahárpur, in the Pánjáb, Lat. 30°, Long. 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . پہار پور Hind.
"Mountain town." The same name in Hindostán, Lat. 27°, Long. 78°, Lat. 27°, Long. 79°,
in the Panjáb, Lat. 32°, Long. 70°.
Anal. Pahar-gárh, in Bándelkhánd, Lat. 26°, Long. 77°.
Pak Páttan, in the Panjáb, Lat. 30°, Long. 73° . . . . . . . . . . . پاک پتن Hind.
"The pure town."
Paksilámnor, see Chom Lam.