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- Balih-1. Bhrigu-Adrama. 2. Bagramona, the hermitage of Rishi Bhrigu in the district
of Balia in the United Provinces. 3. It was a part of Dharmaranya. At a short distance to the north-east corner of Balia, there is a tank called Dharmaranya-Pokhra, and to the north and east of it there are traces of an ancient jangal or scrubby forest. At
Balia there is a temple dedicated to Bhrigu Rishi, containing the impressions of his feet. Raligami-Dakshina-Kedara in Mysore, a celebrated place of pilgrimage. Balkh-1. Bhogavati of the Puranas, a corruption of Bakhdi of the Avesta. 2. Baktra
of the Greeks. 3. PAtalapuri. 4. Bali-Alays of the Ramayana (Uttars, ch. 23). 6. Bali-sadma of the Amarakosha. 6. BAlhika of the Bhavishya P. (Pratisarga Parva, pt. III, ch. 2, v. 11)-all derived from the Turkish word Balikh, which means the residence of a king (Vamberg's History of Bokhara, p. 11; see my Rasátala in the I 8.0. vols, I
& II). 7. Tukhara. 8. Tushara. Baltistan-Bolor; same as Little Tibet. Balur-See Bolur. Bamilapur-Same as Ballabhi. Baaliapani Saate as Wall. Barp sadhart-The river Bamsadhara, in Ganjam, on which Kalingapatam is situated. Bana Raja's Gad-1. Sonita pura. 2. Umávana. 3. Devikota, in Garwal, on the bank of the Kedar-Ganga, about six miles from Ushåmath and at short distance from Guptakasi, whence Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna abducted Usha, daughter of Raja
Vana. See Kotalgad. Ba 1 . The river Parnaba which is supposed to be a cofraption of Barn . 2. Binein.
3. Sulochana. 4. Suvaba, in Rajpatana, Pandair Ban The Kolahala mountain of the Mahabharata on the south-west of Bun
delkhand (Chedi), near which the river Suktimati (modern Kane or Ken) has got its source. Bandar puchehha Range-The Hemakuta range of the Himalaya, in which the rivers
Yamuna and Ganges have their sources. Bangan See Bengal. Bannu-Barnu of Paņini and Phalanu of Hiuen Tsiang, in the Punjab. Bannu perhaps is
& corruption of Bandyu. The tribe of Bandyavas has been mentioned among the tribes of the north-western frontier of India (Padma Purana, Svarga khanda (Adi), ch. III). Bara banki Jasnaul in Oudh, from Jas, & Raja of the Bbar tribe, who is said to have
founded it in the tenth century. Barabar-sin-Khalatika or Skhalatika Parvata, in the Jahanabad sub-division of the dis
trict of Gaya, containing caves of the time of Aboka and Dasaratha. The Kawi-dol
hill is a part of this range: Baradl1. The river Bedavati. 2. The Barada, a tributary of the river Krishna, on which the
town Banavisi is situated. Bangaon-Nalanda, seven miles north of Ragtr in the distriot of Patna. Naghruna, the
celebrated author of the Madhyamika Satras, resided in the Nalanda monitory to the first or second century of the Christian era, making it the princtpal seat of Buddhist learn
ing in eastern Indis. Barthahhath-Koll of the Daddhist annale, in the district of Bett in Oudh, whicle colle
tained the residence of Supra-Buddha, the father of MAYA Devt, the mother of theddba. Vishnu is said to have incarnatod horom the boat. I w aleo solled Bynchropow. Do Basti. Bartha-Kshetra-1. Kokamukha. 2. Bartha-kshetra, in the district of Purnea in Bengal,
on the Triveni above Nathpur, sacred to Vartha, one of the incarnations of Viana, Same as Baramula.
