Schlagintweit, Hermann von; Schlagintweit, Adolf; Schlagintweit, Robert von: Results of a scientific mission to India and High Asia: undertaken between the years MDCCCLIV and MDCCCLVIII, by order of the court of directors of the hon. East India Company (Band 3): Route-book of the western parts of the Himálaya, Tibet, and Central Asia: and geographical glossary from the languages of India and Tibet, including the phonetic transcription and interpretation (Leipzig, 1863)

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Ratna-gherri, or Ratna-giri, in the Konkan, Lat. 17°, Long. 73°; Ratan-gi'ri, a peak
in Kulu, Lat. 32°, Long. 76°; Ratna-pura, in Ceylon, Lat, 6°, Long. 80°; Ratna-puram
is the Sanskrit name for Ava, q. v.

Raul, or Rival, in Hindostan, Lat. 28°, Long. 76°............ Hind.

"Chief priest, also in a sovereign sense."

Haul Pindi, in the Panjab, Lat. 33°, Long. 73°.......... t5^-S? Jj^ 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 Pind-i-Raval, and this is also
the form chiefly used by the natives.

Ravanhrad lake, in Tibet, Lat. 30°, Long. 81°.......... ^T^RJf^ Sanskl-

"Rdvan's lake." For Ravan, see Raban-abad. More usually this lake is named
Rakus Tal, Baku's laJce, called after the hero Rakus.

Rayadurgam, or Raydrug, in the Dekhan, Lat. 16°,

Long. 76°................................. iu)j Hind.

"King's castle."

Anal. Rayakotta, in the Karnatik, Lat, 12°, Long. 78°.

Reclina Dual), a district in the Panjab............... Hind. Pers.

"The country bettveen the ttvo rivers Ravi and Chinab." The name is formed
by contraction of the two principal parts of the river names. Compare Bari Duab.

Reru, in Zankhar, Lat. 33°, Long. 77°.................. Tib.

"The horn (river-bend)." It is probably a dialectical form of ra ru or ra'i ru, a goafs
horn, and I consider the name to have originated from a curvature in the Zankhar river
near the village.

Rib a, a mountain in Balti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75°, a dialectical form of i^T^ 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 Mustagh pass. Riba is the name
for the Balti tent; the ordinary Tibetan felt-tent is called gur. Compare Curl a.

Rigyal, in Western Tibet.................... "^^J^ ri"''gyaL Tib-

"Mountain king." Ri, mountain; rgyal, or, if not abbreviated, rgyal-po, king, sovereign.
One of the names of the Kailas range, mentioned in Cunningham's Ladak, p. 43.

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Ringino, used in compositions................... ^I^T3«J ring-mo. Tib.

"The long." Ring-mo, the long. •

We found it often used in Balti in compositions of mountain names. As an instance I
name Ringmo Chor, Lat. 35°, Long. 75°, in the Stirikushu valley, in Balti.