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Ratna-ghérri, or Ratna-gíri, in the Kónkan, Lat. 17°, Long. 73°; Ratan-gíri, a peak
in Kúlu, Lat. 32°, Long. 76°; Ratna-púra, in Ceylon, Lat. 6°, Long. 80°; Ratna-púram
is the Sanskrit name for Áva, q. v.

Rául, or Rával, in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 76° . . . . . . . . . . . . راول Hind.
"Chief priest, also in a sovereign sense."

Rául Píndí, in the Panjáb, Lat. 33°, Long. 73° . . . . . . . . . . راول پندی Hind.
"The chief priest's village." This is the usual name of the town in English writings;
but the correct form (in Persian manner of composition) is Pínd-i-Rával, and this is also
the form chiefly used by the natives.

Rayanhrad lake, in Tibet, Lat. 30°, Long. 81° . . . . . . . . . . रावणहृद Sanskr.
"Rávan's lake." For Rávan, see Rabán-abád. More usually this lake is named
Rákus Tal, Raku's lake, called after the hero Rákus.

Rayadúrgam, or Raydrúg, in the Dékhan, Lat. 16°,
Long. 76° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . رایه درگم Hind.
"King's castle."
Anal. Rayakótta, in the Karnátik, Lat. 12°, Long. 78°.

Réchna Duáb, a district in the Panjáb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . رچنا دوآب Hind. Pers.
"The country between the two rivers Rávi and Chinâb." The name is formed
by contraction of the two principal parts of the river names. Compare Bári Duáb.

Réru, in Zánkhar, Lat. 33°, Long. 77° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tib.
"The horn (river-bend)." It is probably a dialectical form of ra ru or ra'i ru, a goat's
horn, and I consider the name to have originated from a curvature in the Zánkhar river
near the village.

Ríba, a mountain in Bálti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75°, a dialectical form of རི་བ ru-ba. Tib.
"Tent of woven cloth." Ru-ba, coarse tent of sack-cloth.
A snow-peak of tent-like form in the environs of the Mustágh pass. Ríba is the name
for the Balti tent; the ordinary Tibetan felt-tent is called gur. Compare Gúrla.

Rigyál, in Western Tibet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . རི་རྒྱལ ri-rgyal. Tib.
"Mountain king." Ri, mountain; rgyál, or, if not abbreviated, rgyál-po, king, sovereign.
One of the names of the Kailás range, mentioned in Cunningham's Ladák, p. 43.

Ríngmo, used in compositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . རིང་མོ ring-mo. Tib.
"The long." Ring-mo, the long.
We found it often used in Bálti in compositions of mountain names. As an instance I
name Ríngmo Chor, Lat. 35°, Long. 75°, in the Stírikúshu valley, in Bálti.