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Sarichi-1. Santi. 2. Kakan&da. 3. Chetiya-giri. 4. Vessanagara, about six miles to the south
west of Bhilsa. See Besnagar. Sangamośvara-Parasuramakshetra, on the river Saatri, in the Ratnagiri district of the
Bombay Presidency. Sanjan-1. Sañjayanti-nagarî of the Mahabharata. 2. Sanjaya, 3. Sahañjana. 4. Sindan of the
Arabs, in the Thana district, Bombay Presidency. gankara-tirtha-In Nepal, immediately below the town of Patan, at the confluence of the
Bachmati and the Manimati rivers. Sankh--The Sankhini, a tributary of the Brahmani in the Chutia-Nagpur division. Sankisa--1. SankAsya. 2. Kapitha. 3. Sakaspura of the Buddhists, on the river Ikshumati
(now called Kali-nadi), twenty-three miles west of Fathgarh, in the district of Farrakhabad. Sankisa-Basantapur-Same as Sankisa. Saral-Aghat-Agastya-Aśrama, the hermitage of Agastya, forty-three miles south-west of
Itah, in the Itah district. Sarasvatt-1. The river Sarasvati, which rises in the hills in Sirmur and emerges into the
plains at Ad-Badri or Adi-tirtha. It lost itself in the sand at a place called Chamasod. bheda, which is esteemed sacred by the Hindus. 2. The three Sarasvatis of the Atharva. veda are the Helmand in Eastern Afghanistan, the Indus in the Punjab and the Sarasvati in Kurukshetra. 3. The river Sarasvati (Raunakshi) which flows through Gujarat. 4. The
river Sarasvati which flows through Rajgir in Magadhe (Patna district). Sarasvati. Prapåta-The Khattanga-pra pâta of the Puranas, in Kanara, near Hunabar, not
far from Mangalore. It is a celebrated water-fall. Sardi Saradd-tirtha, on the right bank of the Kissen-Ganga, in the northern district of
Kramarajya in Kasmir. It is one of the 52 Pithas where Sati's head is said to have fallen. Sarik-kal-Kabandha, the Kie-pan-to of Hiuen Tsiang, with its capital Tash-kurghan in the
Tagdumbash Pamir. Sarik-kul.Lakel. The lake Nagahrada. 2. Sitoda-Barovara, the lake of the Great Pamir.
It is also called Sari-kul. Sarnath-1. Saranganatha. 2. Mrigadáva. 3. Rishi-pattana. 4. Isipatana of the Buddhists.
six miles from Benares, where Buddha preached his first sermon after the attainment of
Buddha-hood at Buddha-Gaya. sarvana--About twenty miles to the south-east of Unao in Oudh, where Dasaratha, king of
Ayodhy, killed Sarvana, the son of a blind Rishi. Sasiram-Sahasarama, in the district of Shahabad in Bihar. Satara Saptârsha in the Bombay Presidenoy. Satgaon-Saptagrama, an ancient town of Bengal near Magra, in the district of Hugli; the
Gangs of the inscriptions, Gange of Ptolemy and “Port of Ganges of the Periplus of
the Erythraean Sea, the capital of the Gangerides in Sumha or Radha, on the Ganges. Satpura Range-1. Bindhyâpada-parvata. 2. Baidarya-parvata. Satrunjaya-The Pundariya hill, in Gujarat; it is one of the five hills sacred to the Jainas. Sangh-Srughna, near Kalsi, in the Jaunsar district, forty miles from Thaneswar and twenty
miles to the north of Saharanpur. Saundatti-Sugandhavarti, in the district of Belgaum in the Bombay Presidency; it was the
capital of the Ratta chieftains. Sea (Arabian)-Paschimodadhi. Sehwan-1. Sindhimana of the Groeks. 2. Sindomana. 3. Sivisthana of the Arabs, in Sindh,
on the right bank of the Indus. It contains a ruined fortress of Bhatrihari, who is said to
have reigned here after he abandoned Ujin on the death of his wife, Pingala. Somab 1. Semulapura, 2. Sambalaka of Ptolemy. 3. Soumelpur of Tavernier, near Sam.
bhalpur, on the river Koil, in the district of Palamau in Chhota Nagpur division, celebrated for ita diamond mines,
