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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
| 250 | TAJ—TAItÂI. |
T â j , or T â j m a h a l , at Agra, Lat. 27°, Long. 78° Jl ils Pera. Arab.
"Crown, or Crown place." The celebrated and most beautiful mausoleum of Shaj ehan and Arjimand. Bann. Mahal is very vaguely employed for place, district, estate.
Anal. Taj-pur, in Bengal, Lat. 27°, Long. 87°.
T a k h t- i- S u l a i m a n, a mountain in Kashmir, Lat. 34°, Long. 75° Arab., with
Pere. posa. affix.
"Sulaimân's, Solomôn's, Solomon's throne."
A peak of the same name near the right bank of the Indus, Lat. 31°, Long. 69°. T a l o n g, in Bhutan, Lat. 27', Long. 92° 5T 21Z, rta-long. Tib.
"Opportunity for horses." .Rta, horse; long, or long-ba, to seize; opportunity; the form l e n - p a is now more in use.
Talu-ka river, Mishmi and Singphô name for Brahmapatra, q. v.
Tamrachéri, or Tâmbârchéri, in Malabar,
Lat. 11°, Long. 76° ~.,~~ 7#3 MIA -4 Hind. (Sanakr.) Tam.
"Copper-town."
Tamrapani WTRITTÊT Sanakr.
"Copper-hand." The ancient name of Ceylon, q. v.; the Greek Taprobane. For the legends connected with it and further modifications of the name, see Lassen, Incl. Alt., Vol. I., p. 201.
Tanggalle, see Galle.
Tapti, a river in Central India wÿj Sanakr., Hind.
"The heating."
It seems to be named after Tapati, daughter of the sun-god; the natives also referred it to the high temperature of the water.
Taragârh, in Sérhind, Lat. 39°, Long. 76° .sad$ 1,t.3 Pers. Hind.
"Star fort." The same name in the Panjab, Lat. 32°, Long 75°.
Anal. Tara-ghat, star-pass, in Bahar, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°; Tara-kôt, in Orissa, Lat. 20°, Long. 86°; Tara-par, in the Dékhan, Lat. 17°, Long. 75°; in the Kônkan, Lat. 19°, Long. 72°; in Hindostan, Lat. 29°, Long. 78°.
Tarai, a tract of land along the southern border of the Himalaya.... 51T' Hind., Sanskr.
"Low lands." Its Sanskrit name, Tar ey a n i, is derived by Hodgson from a Tamul word, tar, meaning, to be low, with the affixed Tamul termination -ei-, and the Sanskr. -ni.—Madden, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVIII., p. 446, connects it with the Persian word tari, moisture, water; or with the Hindi tale, low.
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