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PALÂR—PAN(}MÎG.
Pal a r, a river in the Karnâtik
"Milk river."
P a l i g ô n d a (also spelt P a l l i k ô n d a), in the Karnâtik, Lat. 13°,
Long. 77°
"Sleeping." The name is given to this town on account of the greater part of it lying in .ruins.
Palk, a strait between the Karnâtik and the north-western end of Ceylon Singhal.
"The whirl."
Pail d r i t â, n, in Kashmir, Lat. 34°, Long. 75' v(.:,) J,,,, Hind.
"The old chief-town." From the Sanskrit Puran-adhi-sthâna.
| Pang, a name frequently occurring in Western Tibet | spang. Tib. |
"A grassy place." Often used by shepherds for halting-places. The word particularly occurs in compound geographical names.
Pangalkottâi, see Hosdûrg.
Panggnr (Pângar), in Rûpchu, Lat. 33°, Long. 78° WZ,',Z1Ispang-dgur. Tib.
"The verdure curve." S p an g, verdure; d g u r, crookedness, curve. It is a place below the salt-lake Tso Rul, with. a somewhat better vegetation than is to be found in the environs.
Panggyé, see Pangrfngpo.
P a n g k o n g, a province in Western Tibet .... ZJ~ZCJ' ~ dpangs-kong. Tib.
"The heights and depressions." Dpangs, the height; kong, concave, not flat, or level; concavity.
The numerous valleys and ridges are characterized by this name. My informants referred the name most positively to the province in general; though sometimes the lake Tsomognalari was also called Tso Pangkông, particularly by native travellers not inhabitants of this province.
Pangmig, or Panamik, in Pangkông, Lat. 33°,
Long. 78° `IzTj spang-mig. Tib.
"A meadow-eye." Spang, grassy place; mig, eye. f
I first found this name used for a small grassy spot on the left shore of the salt-lake Tsomognalari, which on account of its shape might be compared to an eye, but rather of the Tibetan elongated form; I afterwards found the name again in many other parts of Tibet, for instance in Nûbra, not far from Leh ; it was generally connected, with the existence of an isolated grassy spot,
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