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KOMORlN— KYUNGPHUR.
Komorin, or Kumar I, the southern-most promontory of India . "^ITR^ Sanskr.
In Sanskrit its full name was properly Kanya-kumarT, the virgin Kumari, an epithet of
Diirga, Siva's wife*.
Anal. Kanyaka-gram, Assam, virgin's village.
Kot, in the Panjab, Lat, 30°, Long. 71°.................... Hind.
"Fort."
K5t-i-Sultan, in the Panjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 70°....... (jlkL* <byf ^^^r^flerion.
"King's fort."
Anal. Kot-i-Ami'ra, Lat. 33°, Long. 72°; Kot-garh, Lat. 31°, Long. 77°; Kot-kassfm,
Lat. 2S°, Long. 76°; but Kot-garh, Lat, 31°, Long. 77° is interpreted by Lassen, Ind. Alt,.
Vol. III., p. 1107, as fort of the Koshtas.
Kovil, or Koil. in the Karnatik, Lat, 8°, Long. 78°........ Tam.
"Temple" This name is very frequently met with in Southern India, especially in compo-
sition, e.g. Yella-koil, Lat. 10°, Long. 77°; Perma-koil, Lat, 12°, Long. 79°; Nagri-koil.
Lat, 8°, Long. 77°, &c.
Kukri la mall a, a mountain in Ceylon................. Singhal.
"Mountain of the wild foivl." Kiikula, wild fowl; malla, mountain. .
Kuntalbari, in Bengal, Lat, 26*, Long. 88°............ "JuaS" Hind.
"Barley-field."
Kutabdiya, in Arrakan, Lat, 21°, Long. 92°............... IgduiaJ Arab.
"Polar-star of justice." Corrupted from Kutab-ud-din.
Anal. Kutab Minar, the name of the well-known monument near Dehli; Kutab, polar-star;
minar, minaret, tower.
Kyangchu, in Kupchi, Lat. 32°, Long. 77°...... . ^.rT^, rkyang-chhu. Tib.
"Kyang's water." J?kyang, Eqwus Hemionus; chhu, water,
Kyungpliur, or Kyungar, in Kamaon,
Lat, 30°, Long. 80°................. ^J^TCLSJ3^ skyung-'phur. Tib.
•The flying crow." Skyung, a crow, jacJc-daw; 'phur, to fig.
In the Kamaon dialect the name has been changed into Kyungar. Crows are very
numerous in this part of the Himalaya, even in the ice-regions of the greatest elevation.
Some of the species of Corvus Thibetanus, Hodg., accompanied Adolphe and Robert during
their ascent of the Ibi Gamin peak up to the highest encampment at 19,326 ft.
KOMORlN— KYUNGPHUR.
Komorin, or Kumar I, the southern-most promontory of India . "^ITR^ Sanskr.
In Sanskrit its full name was properly Kanya-kumarT, the virgin Kumari, an epithet of
Diirga, Siva's wife*.
Anal. Kanyaka-gram, Assam, virgin's village.
Kot, in the Panjab, Lat, 30°, Long. 71°.................... Hind.
"Fort."
K5t-i-Sultan, in the Panjab, Lat. 30°, Long. 70°....... (jlkL* <byf ^^^r^flerion.
"King's fort."
Anal. Kot-i-Ami'ra, Lat. 33°, Long. 72°; Kot-garh, Lat. 31°, Long. 77°; Kot-kassfm,
Lat. 2S°, Long. 76°; but Kot-garh, Lat, 31°, Long. 77° is interpreted by Lassen, Ind. Alt,.
Vol. III., p. 1107, as fort of the Koshtas.
Kovil, or Koil. in the Karnatik, Lat, 8°, Long. 78°........ Tam.
"Temple" This name is very frequently met with in Southern India, especially in compo-
sition, e.g. Yella-koil, Lat. 10°, Long. 77°; Perma-koil, Lat, 12°, Long. 79°; Nagri-koil.
Lat, 8°, Long. 77°, &c.
Kukri la mall a, a mountain in Ceylon................. Singhal.
"Mountain of the wild foivl." Kiikula, wild fowl; malla, mountain. .
Kuntalbari, in Bengal, Lat, 26*, Long. 88°............ "JuaS" Hind.
"Barley-field."
Kutabdiya, in Arrakan, Lat, 21°, Long. 92°............... IgduiaJ Arab.
"Polar-star of justice." Corrupted from Kutab-ud-din.
Anal. Kutab Minar, the name of the well-known monument near Dehli; Kutab, polar-star;
minar, minaret, tower.
Kyangchu, in Kupchi, Lat. 32°, Long. 77°...... . ^.rT^, rkyang-chhu. Tib.
"Kyang's water." J?kyang, Eqwus Hemionus; chhu, water,
Kyungpliur, or Kyungar, in Kamaon,
Lat, 30°, Long. 80°................. ^J^TCLSJ3^ skyung-'phur. Tib.
•The flying crow." Skyung, a crow, jacJc-daw; 'phur, to fig.
In the Kamaon dialect the name has been changed into Kyungar. Crows are very
numerous in this part of the Himalaya, even in the ice-regions of the greatest elevation.
Some of the species of Corvus Thibetanus, Hodg., accompanied Adolphe and Robert during
their ascent of the Ibi Gamin peak up to the highest encampment at 19,326 ft.