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0272 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 272 (Color Image)

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Rishitálam, in Kanáur, Lat. 31°, Long. 78°. . . རི་ཤི་རྟ་ལམ ri-shi-rta-lam. Tib.

"The hermits' horse-pass." Ríshi is one of the many Sanskrit words which was introduced with Buddhist literature into Tibet; rta, horse; lam, road, here crossing a ridge.

Róngchung, in Ladák, Lat. 34°, Long. 77°. . . . . རོང་ཆུང rong-chhung. Tib.

"A short narrow defile." Rong, a narrow passage; chhung, small.

Róngdo, in Bálti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75° . . . . . . . . . . . རོང་སྡོ rong-sdo. Tib.

"A district of defiles." Rong, a narrow passage, defile; sdo, a district, lower part of a country.
Another name also used for it is Rong-yúl, or dialectically Royúl, yul being land.

Ruanvélle, in Ceylon, Lat. 8°, Long. 80° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Singhal.

"Gold-sand."

Rudarpúr, in Orissa, Lat. 22°, Long. 84° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ردر پور Hind.

"Rúdra's town." Rúdra, he who makes weep, is an epithet of Siva. The same name in Hindostán, Lat. 26°, Long. 83°; Lat. 28°, Long. 79°.
Anal. Rudra-preág, in Gárhvál, Lat. 30°, Long. 79°.

Rung Thung, see Jángthang.

Rupgánj, in Bengál, Lat. 23°, Long. 90° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . روپ گنج Hind.

"Beauty's market."
Anal. Rup-gárh, in Rajvára, Lat. 27°, Long. 75°; Rup-naráin-river, the beautiful Naráyan (or Vishnu), in the Delta of the Ganges; Rup-nágar, in Rajvára, Lat. 26°, Long. 74°.

Sadabád Saráí, Lat. 33°, Long. 74° . . . . . . . . . . . . . سعد آباد سرای Arab. Pers.

"Saráí of Sad's town." Sad, a personal name, meaning happiness.

Sadrás, see Chaturangapátnam.

Ságar, in Málva, Lat. 23°, Long. 78° . . . . . . . . . . . . . सागर (ساگر) Sanskr.

"Ocean." Perhaps referable to the number of tanks in its environs, as it is told by the natives in loco. Wilson, Glossary, p. 452, quotes the same name as being applied to the low lands forming the western portion of the Delta of the Ganges, where the Húgli branch falls into the sea.