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EISHITALAM-SAGAK.

Rishitalam, in Kanaur, Lat. 31°, Long. 78°. . ^T~fjTXTQJ5J ri-shi-rta-lam. Tib.

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

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Rongchung, in Ladak, Lat. 34°, Long. 77°..... 3^T^I^ rong-chhung. Tib.

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

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Rongdo, in Balti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75°........... ^£T^T5^ rong-mdo. Tib.

UA district of defiles." Rong, a narrow passage, defile; mdo, a district, lower part
of a country.

Another name also used for it is Rong-yul, or dialectically Roy ill, yul being land.

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

"Gold-sand"

Rudarptir, in Orissa, Lat. 22°, Long. 84°................ ^ ^ Hind.

"Mudra's town." Riidra, he who makes weep, is an epithet of Siva. The same name in

Hindostan, Lat. 26°, Long. 83°, Lat. 28°, Long. 79°.
Anal. Rudra-preag, in Garhval, Lat. 30°, Long. 79°.

Rung Thung, see Jangthang.

Rnpganj, in Bengal, Lat. 23°, Long. 90°................ Hind.

■'Beauty's market."

Anal. Rup-garh, in Raj vara, Lat. 27°, Long. 75°; Rup-narain-river, the beautiful Nardyan
(or Vishnu), in the Delta of the Ganges; Rup-niigar, in Raj vara, Lat. 26°, Long. 74°.

Sadabad Sarai, Lat. 33°, Long. 74°.............. *£^y t>^>' t*JUw Arab-Pers-

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

Sadras, see Chaturangapatnam.

Sagar, in Malva, Lat. 23°, Long. 78°............... WTR. 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 Hugh branch
falls into the sea.