Turk
Turk. Among The Arabs This Word Has Been As Vaguely Applied As The Word Scythian Was Among The Greeks. Turk, Applied To An Osmanli, Is Deemed Derogative ; But This Name Is Given By The Tamil And Telugu People As The Usual Desio. Nation For All 3iuhammadans, As Turka-kara An'd ...
Turkestan
Turkestan. The People Of Central Asia Who Inhabit The Countries Which Extend North Wards To The Russian Frontiers, Westwards To The Caspian Sea, And Southwards To Afghanistan, For The Greater Part Arc Descendants Of Turks, And It Would Be More Correct To Give To All These Coun Tries Tile General ...
Turkey
Turkey, An Empire In The East Of Europe, South-west Of Asia, And North Of Africa, Ruled By A Race Of Othmanli Turk, Descended Front °thin= Or Usman, Who Founded The Empire In A.d. 1299. A Pastoral Band Of 400 Turkish Families Was Journeying Westward Front The Upper Streams Of The ...
Turkhani Or
Turkhani Or Turkolani, A Tribe That Came To Sind And Were In Power From A.n. 9.6,2 To A.h. 1021. On The Death Without Issue Of Mirza Shah Husain Arghun, Who Ruled Over Sind, That Pro Vince Was Divided By Two Chiefs,—sultan Muham Mad Bukri Took Sehwan And All To The ...
Turkish Arai31a
Turkish Arai31a, A Province Of Turkey, Has An Area Approximately Of 140,000 Square Miles. Its Population Comprises Arabs, Kurds, Jews, And Christians. Baghdad, Its Capital, Is Situate On Both Banks Of The Tigris, And Is The Headquarters Of The \vali In Charge Of The Administration, Assisted By A Muawin, With ...
Turkoman
Turkoman Inhabit The Desert Country Com Prised By A Line Dmwn Through Astrabad, Herat, And Balkh On The South, The Course Of The Oxus From Balkh To The Aral On The East, The Cultism On The West, And The Elevated Plateau C.alled The Ust Urt Lying Between The Seas Of ...
Turkoman Horses
Turkoman Horses Are A Modification Of The Arab Breed. Tirnur Introduced New Blood By Dispersing Amongst The Tribes 4200 Mares, Which He Had Selected In Arabia From The Very Best Breeds. Afterwards, Nadir Shah Renewed This Cross With 600 Mares From Nejd, Which He Confided Exclusively To The Tekke Tribe, ...
Turmeric
Turmeric, Curcuma. Zut-erld. . Arab. Kunhet, . . . Malay. Hurridra, . . . Beng. Mane-ella-cua, .111aleal. Than-u-wen, . . Bum. Zarschobeh, . Pers. Arsine, . . . . Can. Karkum, . . . Keang-whang, . Chin. Cypira Herba Indica, Plin. Kupeiros Indicos, Gr. Peeta, Haridra, Sansk. Haldi, . Hind. ...
Turpentine
Turpentine. Ratenuj-rumi, Butum, Ar. Kota, . . . . Nepal. Kelon-ka-tel, . . Hist). I Zungbari, . . . Pmts. Turpentine Is Obtained In The North Of Europe, In America, And In The Himalayas, From Species Of Larix, Abies, And Pinui, Fir, Pine, And Larch Trees, As Also In Canada ...
Turqtjoise
Turqtjoise. Eso., En. Tttrkiss, . . . . Ger. Turchina It. Firozah, . . . . Hind. I Turquesa, . . . Sp. This Precious Stone Is Found At Khojend, In Mawar-ul-nahr Or Transoxiana, At Shebavek, In Hills Near Shiraz, In The Tibet Hills, In Kirman, And In A Mountain ...
Turtles
Turtles Are Of Two Kinds,—of The Family Trionycidx Or Fresh-water Turtles, And Of The Cheloniffin Or Marine Turtles, Viz.:— Turtles, Trionycidm. Emyda Granosa, Gunth., India. E. Ceylonensis, Gunth., Ceylon. E. Vitrata, Peters, Goa. Trionyx Sinensis, Wiegm., China, Chusan, Formosa. T. Gangeticus, Nepal, Ganges, Penang. T. Javanicus, Schtv., India, Java. T. ...
Turweeah
Turweeah, The Eighth Day Of The Muham Madan Month Zeehnj Is So Called. Tus Or Tuz. Ilind. A Bark Upon Which, In Addition To Leather, The Ancient Persiztns Wrote, Tuul Seems Also To Have Been Ancieutly Used In Northern India. In Iliwen Thsang's Time, The Early Buddhist Scriptures Of Kasyltpa's ...
Tussaii
Tussaii, A Silk Cloth, Prepared From The Silk Of A Wild Worm, And Woven, In Some Districts In Bengal, Into Cloth Of A Fine Description, Much Used For Ladies' And Children's Dresses, And In Most Parts Of India For Native Use, Being Worn By Hindus For Certain Ceremonies And While ...
Typhoon
Typhoon, From Typhon, The North Wind. Tufan, . Arab., Hind. Zephon, . . . . Heb. Ti-fan, Ty-fung, . Chin. Bagui, . . Philippine. Rvithw, Gr The Original Meaning Of The Storm Wind, Zephon, Is North Wind. Typhoon Is, However, Said To Be A Word Of Chinese Origin, From Ta, ...
Tyre
Tyre. The Ilebrew Writer, Speaking Of Tyre, Says, Arabia, And All The Princes Of Kedar, They Occupied With Thee In Lambs, And Rams, And Goats : In These Were They Thy Merchants. The Merchants Of Sheba And Raamah, They Were Thy Merchants: They Occupied In Thy Fairs With Chief Of ...
Tzar Puktitu
\\tzar. Puktitu. Lamentation. Wuzeeree, One Of The Largest And Moat Important Tribes In Afghanistan, Bmve, Warlike, But Predatory. They Hold The Rugged And Lofty Hills Adjoining The South-west Portion Of The Kohat District (that Is, The Western Part Of The Miranzai Valley And The Hills Round 13ahadur Khel), And The ...
Ugro Altaig
Ugro-altaig, A Family Of Languages, Which Have Been Also Designated Ural-altaic, Ugro Japanese (logan), Ugro-tartarian, Ugro-turau Ian, And 'turanian. Its Limits Are Not Settled. Dr. Edkins Connects Chinese With Mongol Roots. Others Question The Affinity Of Mongol Itself To The Tatar-finnic Languages. The Term' Turanian Is Used In Opposition T,o ...
Uigur
Uigur, A Tribe Of Mongol Tartars, Called Hiung-nu Or Hioung-nou By The Chinese, And Known In Europe As The Ouighour, Ougre, Hunigur, Hongre, Or Hun. They Are The Present Inhabitants Of Kashgar. They Dispossessed The Yu-chi About B.c. 200, But About E.c. 60 Became Subject To China. In A.d. 94 ...
Ujjain Or
Ujjain Or Ujjaiyini, A Town In The Native State Of Gwalior, The Dominions Of The Maharaja Sindia, In Malwa, Situated On The Right Bank Of The River Sipra, In Lat. 23° 11' 10" N., And Long. 75° 51' 45" E. Ujjain Was In Ancient Times The Capital Of Malwa, Was ...
Ulwar Or
Ulwar Or Alwar, Capital Of A Native State Of The Same Name, In Rajputana, Situated In Lat. 27° 34' V' N., And Long. 76° 38' 28" E., Nearly In The Centre Of The State. The Area Is About 3000 Square Miles; Population (1871), 778,596, Of Whom 180,225 Were Musalmans, 38 ...
Umarkot
Umarkot, A Town In The Thar And Parkar District Of Sind, Lat. 25° 21' N., Long. 69° 46' E. It Lies On The Confines Of The Sand-hills Form Ing The Eastern Desert ; And A Canal, Known As The Umarkot Branch, Leading Out From The Nara, Now Reaches The Town, ...
Umballa
Umballa, Properly. Spelt Ambala, A British District In Tho Lieutenant-governorship Of The Panjab,.lying Between Lat. 29° 49' And 31° 12' N., And Between Long. 76° 22" And 77°,39' E. Area, 2627 Square Miles ; Population In 1881, 68,238. Umballa And Its Neighbourhood Are Intimately Associated With The Earliest Dawn Of ...
Uncaria Gambir
Uncaria Gambir. Roxb. Terra Japonica. Tiau T'ang, . . . Chin. I Tjnkoodoo, . . . Tel. Gambir, . . . Malay. I One Of A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Rubiacem, A Native Of Penang, Sumatra, Malacca, And Ceylon. The Extract From The Leaves Is Called ...
Upanayana
Upanayana, In The Hindu Ritualistic Cere Monials, Is The Investiture With The Sacred Thread, Or Upaveta, Which Constitutes The Second Or Spirit Ual Birth. It Is Practised By The Brahman, The Kshatriya, And The Vaisya, Who Are From This Called Dwija Or Twice Born. With A Brahman, It Should Be ...
Upanishad
Upanishad, A Class Of Sacred Books Belong Ing To The Hindus, Containing Doctrines Of The Vedas Explained And Enlarged According To The Vedanta. They Are The Best Books After That School. Their Theology Is Monotheistie, A Pure Theism, And Brahm, In The Neuter Gender, Is Used For The Deity ; ...
Uraon
Uraon Is Alike The Name And The Language Of A Race. Theirs Is An Uncultivated Idiom, And Contains So Many Dravidian Roots Of Primary Importance, That It 18 Considered By Dr. Caldwell As Having Originally Been A Member Of The Dra Vidian Family. The Uraon Vocabulary Of Colonel Onseley (hodgson's ...
Urtica Iieterophylla
Urtica Iieterophylla. Itoxb. Urtica Palmata, Fond.. Girardinia Leschenault Iana, Wall. Iluru, . . . . Assam. All, Hind. An, Jan, Kal, . Of Bras. Llichua (scorpion), „ Henpa, &rpa, . . Kul . . . Of Jrzi.1.31. Bet Ya, . . . Bur.v. Ani Aborinigam, Maleal. Kingi . . . ...
Uzbak Or
Uzbak Or Uzbek, A Turanian Race Found On The Oxus, In Balkh, Kunduz Ichost, Inderab, Talikhan, Huzrut - Imam, Anakhu, Shibbargan, And Bokhara. In All These Districts The Uzbak Are Mixed With Tajak, The Latter Being The Older Inhabitants. The Uzbak Are The Resident Civilised Inhabitants Of Central Asia. Their ...
V1kramaditya
V1kramaditya, Meaning Sun Of Might Or Sun Of Prowess, Is A Title Which Was Assumed By More Than One Ruler In India. Mr. Fergusson Gives The Following Names:— A.d. Vikramaditya Of Malwa, . . . 490 Siladitya Of Malwa, . . . . 530 Prabharakara Of Kanouj, . . . ...
Vaccination
Vaccination, The Proem Of Inoculating With The Virus Frotn The Pox Of Tho Cow, In Latin Vaccus. The Tuttives Of Indut Usually Desi,grutte It As Tika Dalna, To Affix The Tilts, Or Sitla Nikalna, To Remove The Small-pox. The British Indian Government Keep Up Great Establishments To Carry Out Vaccina ...
Vaishnava
Vaishnava, Iiindu Sectarians, Followers Of Vishnu. All Vaishnava Sects Identify Vishnu With Brahma. The Subdivisions Of The Sect Are The Bhakta, Ilhagavata, Vaishnava, Chakrina Or L'ancha Ratrava, Vaikhanasa, And Karmahina; Each Of These Again Being Divided Into A Practical Karma And A Speculative Inyana Or G'niana Portion. The Great Teachers ...
Vallaiiiiacharya
Vallaiiiiacharya Was Boni A.n. 1479; He Was The Son Of A Telugu Brahman, And Origin Ated The -worship Of The Bala Gopala, The Infant Krishna, And The Sect Thus Founded Have The Name Of Vallabhacharya Or Rudra Sampradayi. The Worship Of The Bala Gopala Is Widely Diffused Amongst All Mnks ...
Vamana
Vamana, The Fifth Incarnation Of Vishnu In The Fortn Of A Brahman Dwarf. The Four First Avatara Are Said To Have Occurred In The Earliest, Or Satya, Age Of The Hindus, Corresponding In Character With The Golden Or Virtuous Age Of The Fabulists Of Other Regions. The Fifth Happened In ...
Vanilla
Vanilla Plant Has Been Introduced Into India, Bourbon And Mauritius During The 19th Century. It Adapts Itself Readily To The Climate, Can Be Easily Propagated And Cultivated, Occupies Very Little Space And The Fruit Is Valuable. All The Coffee Distric'ts Are Admirably Adapted To The Vanilla, But In Ceylon And ...
Varanidx
Varanidx, The Varanians Or Water Lizard Family Of Reptiles Of The Order Sauria, Comprising The Two Genera, Varanus And Hydrosaurus, Of Which The Following Species Are Known To Occur In The East Indies :— Varanus Humerilii (monitor Humerilii, Brown, With Obscure Cross-bands, With A Black Spot On Side Of Neck. ...
Varnish
Varnish. A Varnish Is A Solution Of A Resin Or Of A Gum-resin In A Liquid, Which Being Spread Over A Surface, Evaporates, And Leaves The Solid In The Form Of A Brilliant, Transparent Film. The Principal Substances Used In Varnishes And Their Solvents Are The Following :— Solvents. Solids. ...
Varnished Ware
Varnished Ware. In The Burmese Pro Cess Of Making This Ware, A Wooden Frame, Of Wood Covered With Strips Of Bamboo Woven To Gether So As To Form A Basket, Is The Framework Of The Intended Cup ; The Weaving Is Like That Of A Lady's Work-basket, And Care Is ...
Varthema
Varthema. Ludovico Di Varthema, A Bolog Nese, Travelled In India And The Eastern Seas From A.d. 1503 To 1508. First He Sailed To Alexandria, And, Entering On The Nile, Arrived At Cairo. Then, Returning To Alexandria, He Took Ship To Baruti (beyrut), And Travelled By Tripoli To Aleppo. From Aleppo ...
Vateria Indica
Vateria Indica. Linn. V. Malabarica, Bl. Chloroxylon Dupada, Ains. Dupa Mara, . . Can. Payani, . . . Maleal. Piney Varnish Tree, Eng. Hal-gass, . . . Singh. Indian Copal Tree, . „ Piney Maram, . . Tam. 1thite Dammer Tree, „ Vellay, Kungilium, „ Gum-anime Tree, . „ Dupada ...
Vatica Robusta Iv
Vatica Robusta. Iv. And A. Ds Resin. Ral, Bala, Dhoona, Hind. I Guggala, . . . . Tel. This Valuable Timber Tree Is Alluded To In Ancient Iiindu Writings. In The Hindu Theatre (ii. P. 100), Madhava, Speaking Of The Coming Rainy Season, Says- . . . . ' The ...
Veda
Veda. The Religious Books Of The Hindus, Known As The Vedas, Are Four In Number,—the Rig Veda, The Yajur Veda, The Sama Veda, And The Atharva Veda, But The Last Of These Belongs To A Much Later Age Than The Rest. Of The Four, The Rig Veda Is The Oldest, ...
Vedanta
Vedanta Is A School Of Philosophy Or Psy Chology Founded On Scattered Texts Of The Vedas, And Thence Termed The Anta' Or End Or Sub Stance. The Voice Of Hindu Antiquity Ascribes The Origin Of The Vedantic System To The Sage Badarayana, Otherwise Named Veda-vyasa. The Inanner Of His Birth ...
Vegetable Kingdom
Vegetable Kingdom. This Term Is Ap Plied Collectively To The Various Forms Of Plants, As The Terms Animal Kingdom And Mineral King Dom Are Applied To Animals And Minerals. Extent.—drs. Hooker And Thomson Relate That All The Main Elements Of The Indian Flora Exist .in Its Surrounding Countries, And That ...
Vegetable Wax
Wax, Vegetable. This Term Has Recently Been Applied To Solidified Oils. Mr. Edward Loarer Discovered A Mode Of Fabricating A, Sub Stance Which He Named Vegetable Wax, From Its Resemblance To That Animal Product, And He Obtained A Patent For It Under Act Vi. Of 1856 Of The Government Of ...
Vegetables Op India
Vegetables Op India. Abelrnoschus Esculentus. D. Anguina. Achyranthes Aspen'. D. Atropurpurca. Ilirua Lanata. D. Glabra. H.:schynomeno Aspens. D. Purpurea.. Agati Grandiflora. D. Rubella. Allium Ascalonicum. Dohelios Catjang. A. Porrum. D. Ensiformis. A. Sativum. D. Lablab. Alternanthera Sessilis. D. Pilosus. Amarantus Atropurpureus. Emblica Officinalia. A. Campestria Ernes. Sativa. A. Frumentaceus. Erytbroxylon ...
Vellore
Vellore, A Town And Military Cantonment In The Carnatic, On The- Right Bank Of The Palar, In Lat. 12° 55' 17" N., And Long. 79° 10' 17" E., 70 Miles Iv. From Madras, And 695 Feet- Above The Sea. It Is Known To Tho People As Rai Ellur Or Stony ...
Vendidad
Vendidad, The Book Containing The Religious Code Of The Parsee Zoroastrians. It Has Under One Three Various Processes Of Composition, Of The Avesta, Zend, And Pa-zend. Tho Avesta Is Of Very Ancient Date, And Is The Groundwork Of The Existing Vendidad, Though All Of It Almost Is Post-zertushtrian. In The ...
Venice
Venice, Capital Of Ve Etia, Now An Important Section Of The Kingdom O Taly, Is Built On 72 ‘,‘ Islands On Piles In The Midst F A Salt Lagoon Or Shallow Lake. It Is Dividecrlo Two Unequal Parts By The Canalazzo, Or Grand Ana,l, The Course Of Which Through The ...
Venus
Venus, Supposed To Be From Vana, Sanse., The Fair One, But The Etymology Of The Word Is Also Given From Banu Or Lienu Of Eastern Asia ; Hebrew, Benoth ; Syrian, Benos ; And The Greek And Latin Forming Venus. Venus Is The Analogue Of Bhawani. Venus In Sanskrit Is ...
Vespertilionidx
Vespertilionidx, The Bat Family Of Mam Mals, Which May Be Thus Shown : Scotophilinre. Scotophilus Aerotinus, Jerdon. Vespertilio Noctuln, Geoff. I V. Serotinus, Schr. Europe, Himalaya, Tyne Range Beyond 3lussoon. S. Leisleri, Jerdon. Vespertilio Damyearpus, Blyth, Hairy-armed Bat, Tyno Range, Himalaya. S. Paehyomas, Jerdon, The Thick-muzzled Hat Of India. S. ...
Vespidx
Vespidx, A Family Of Insects Belonging To The Order Hymenoptera. It Comprises The Species Of The Genus Vefspa Of Linnmus, Of Which The Common Wasp And The Hornet Are Farniliar Examples. They Were Formed Into A Family By Latreille, Under Tho Name Of Diploytera, Afterwards Changed Into Diplopteryga By Kirby. ...
Vichitra Virya
Vichitra-virya, Son Of Santanu, Raja Of Hastinapur, Married Amba And Ambalika, Daughters Of The Raja Of Icasi, But He Died Without Children. His Widows Were Taken By His Half-brother Vyasa, And Were The Mothers Of Dhritarashtra And Pandu. Vyasa Also Begat Vidura Out Of A Slave Girl Of Ambika. Dhritarashtra, ...
Vidya Sanse
Vidya. Sanse. Learning. The Hindus Have Eighteen Vidya Of True Knowledge, Or Sciences, And Sonae Branches Of Knowledge, Falsely So C.alled. The First Four Are The Vedas, Which Are Entitled In One Compound Word, Rigyajush Samat'harva, Or, In Separate Words, Rig, Yujur, Sama, And At'llarvana. The Rig Veda Consists Of ...
Vijianagar
Vijianagar; Called Also Vidyanagara, Is The Modern Bijanagar, In Bellary District, Madras, Lat. 15° 18' N., Long. 76° 30' E. ; Population (1871), 437. It Is In Ruins, On The Right Bank Of The Tumbudra. The Proper Name Of This Village Is Humpi, But Vijianagar Was The Name Of The ...
Village
Village. 'bang, Chm Gmma, . . . Sansk. Basti, Gaon, . . Hum Bang, Siam. Kyong, . . Lercita. Thiong, . . . Tin. Go, Gao, Gon, Gmma, Gama, Grainanni, Gm Naam, Gram, Gam, Ganw, Gaon Are Derived From The Sanskrit. In Former Times, In The Whole Of India, The ...
Vindhya Or
Vindhya Or Vindhyachala, Also Bind'h And Binclhya, A Great Series Of Mountain Ranges Separating The Gangetic Basin From The Dekhan, And Forming A Well-marked, Although Not Quite Continuous, Chain Across India. The Name Was Formerly Used In An Indefinite Manner To Include The Satpura Ilills, South Of The Nerbadda ; ...
Vinegar
Vinegar. Acetuna, Lat. Khull, . . . . Vinagre, . . Port., Sp. Tsu, Nung, . . . Dfiin. Ukzus , Eus. Azyn, Azyn Zur, . Dut. !gra/whim, . . Sansk. Vinaigre, . . . . Fe. Eisel, Sax. Essig Satire, . . Ger. Kadidia, . . Singh. Sirka, ..... ...
Vira Saiva
Vira-saiva, Hindu Worshippers Of The God Siva. They Are Divided Into Two Sects, One Semi Brahmanical Or High Church, Called Aradhya ; The Other Is Anti-brahmanical, And Is Called Jan Gam. The Aradhya Claim T,o Be Descendants Of Saivite Brahmans, And Between Them And The Srnartta Brahmans There Is A ...
Viragi
Viragi, Hindu Religious Devotees. They Are Ascetic Religious Mendicants, Properly Vaish Nava Sectarians, Especially In The Form Of Rama, And In Relation To Him Of Sita And Hanurnan. Some Of These Ascetics Live In Rnat'hs, Though Others Of Them Find Employment In Conveying, For Purposes Of Worship, The Holy Water ...
Vishnu
Vishnu, Said In The Veda.s T,o Be Called The Unconquerable, And Occasionally Associated With Indra. In The Brahmanas He Acquires New Attri Butes. He Is Mentioned In Menu, The Mahabharat A , And The Puranas. There Is Extant The Anonymous Institutes Of Vishnu, Known As The Vishnu Smriti, Which Julius ...
Visiinu Purana
Visiinu Purana, A Religious Book Of The Hindi's. It Has Less Than 7000 Stanzas In Six Books. It Treats Of Tive Specified Topics,—pritnary , Creation, Secondary Creation, Sarga, Pratisarga, Genealogies Of Gods And Patriarchs, Reigns Of The Menu, History. It Was Translated By Professor Wilson, And A Second Edition By ...
Visvamitra
Visvamitra, A Kshatriya Prince Of The Lunar Dynasty, Who Claimed The Right To Perform A Great Public Sacrifice, And Established His Claim. He Was Opposed By Vasishta, Who Claimed That To Be A Province Of The Brahmans Only. Visvamitra Was The Son Of Gadhi Or Gathin (of The Race Of ...
Viswanada
Viswanada, A Tamil Author Of The Middle Of The 19th Century, Who Distinguished Himself As A Playwiight, And Whose Death Was A Great Blow Both To The Brahmo Cause And The Theatre. His Plays Are Exceedingly Popular, And Are In No Acme Copies Of The Sanskrit Productions. That Which Is ...
Viten
Viten; A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Vitacem, The Vine Tribe. The Species Known To Occur In India Are--v. Agnuscastus, Alata, Altissima, Arborea, Haynga, Heterophylla, Incisa, Leucoxylon, Negundo, Peduncularis, Pubes Cens, Saligna, Trifolia. One Species, A Native Of Kaghan, And Called Bankahu, Has A Wood Used For ...
Vitis Vinifera
Vitis Vinifera. Linn. Kerm (vine), . . . Arab. Dips, Dibs, . . . Egypt. Draksha, Beng. &anse. Augur, . . . . Hind. Dakhi, Dehla, . Blienab. Lanang, . . . Kacurior. The Common Vine Or Grape Vine Is Largely Culti Vated All Over The World, From Near Lat. ...
Vizagapatam
Vizagapatam, A District Of 18,344 Square Miles, Population 2,485,141, In The Madras Presi Dency, Lying Between Lat. 17° 14' 30" And 18° 58' N., And Between Long. 82° 19' And 83° 59' E. A Portion Of The District Forms Part Of The Northern Circars. It Is A Beautiful, Picturesque, And ...
Volcanoes
Volcanoes. In The South-west Of Asia, South Of The Hellespont, The Mountains Surround Ing The Plains Of Troy Present Many Traces Of Older Volcanic Action, And There Are A. String Of Volcanic Islands In The Legean Archipelago. Farther South Is The Great Crater Of Santorini, Formed In A Pre Historic ...
Vorkay
Vorkay, An Island Of The Eastern Archi Pelago, Of Great Importance For The Pearl Fishery. Eight Miles Eastward Lie Several Small Islands, Between Which And Vorkay The Trepan,,o. Banks Are Situated. At Low Water, Families Wade From Vorkay Towards These Isles, Carrying Baskets At Their Backs, And Having In Their ...
Vtitara
Vtitara. The Buddhist Vihara Or Monasteries Are Of Two Kinds :-1st, Cave Vihara, Of Which Several Magnificent Specimens Have Been De Scribed By Mr. Fergusson ; And 2d, Structural Vihara, Of Which Some Specimens Still Remain At Sanchi, But In A Very Ruinous Condition. The Vihara Or Monastery Caves Of ...
Vulpes
Vulpes, The Fox. "%web Arab. Nomri, . . . . Hind. "shual . Heb. Robur. . Of K.lndahar. Lomn Hind. Koicri, . . . . R. Vulpes Bengalensis, Jerdon, Shaw, Illy. Canis Rufescens, Gray. C. Ehrysurus, Gray. C. Kokri, Sykes. C. Xanthurus, Gray. C. Corsac, Auct. Konk, Kernp-nari, Can. Khek-sial, ...
Vyasa
Vyasa In Sanskrit Means Distributor ; In This Vyasa Is Kindred To The Greek Homeros, Isp And Rip. It Is A Literary Title Common To Many Old Authors, But Is Especially Applied To The Vyasa Who Arranged The Vedas, And Who Is Also Styled Saswatas, The Immortal. His Ordinary Name ...
Wa Wei
Wa-wei, A. Vegetable Poison, Used By Natives Of The Somali Coast And Others In The Interior Of Africa For Poisoning Their Arrows. It Is An Iuspis Sated Decoction Of The Root Of A Tree Which Is Supposed To Be One Of The Loganiscem Or Apo Cynacem. It Is Used Both ...
Wahai3ee
Wahai3ee. Muhammad Ibn Abd-u1-1vahab, A Native Of The Province Of Nejd, Belonged To The Pastoral Tribe Of Temin. He Was Born At El Ayneh In 1691, And From Him Sprang A Sect Which Assumed The Name Of 1vahabee. The Doctrines Which They Adopted Were Severe And Puritanical. They Acknowledged One ...
Wallabhipur
Wallabhipur. In A.d. 770, Wallabbipur, The Present 1valleh, Which Had The Most Brilliant Court In India, Fell Before An Irruption From The North, Supposed By Mountstuart Elphinstone To Be Persians Under Nushirwan The Great, By Colonel Tod To Be Scythians, And By. Another Authority To Be Indo-bactrians. The Name Of ...
Walnut
Walnut. Akrot, Jowz, Khusif, Ail Starga, . . . Lamer. Than-titan, . . Chen:tit. Okher, . . . Nta'al. Khor, Kr, Darga, „ Char-rnughz, . . Verb. If Kiang-t'au, Girdighan, . . . „ Noix Fr. Jouz-i-rtuni, . . . „ Dun, . . . . Kangra. Ughz, Waghz, . ...
Warangal
Warangal, Ancient Town, 86 Miles N.e. Of Hyderabad City, Lat. 17° 58' N., Long. 79° 40' E. Warangal Was The Ancient Capital Of The Hindu Kingdom Of Tclingana, Founded By The Narapati Andhras. The Kings Of Andra, Whose Capital Was Warangal, Are Said To Have Been Connected With The Andra ...
Wardha
Wardha, A River Which Rises The Satpura Hills Betvveen Nagpur And Betul. Kis A River Of Importance In The Centml Dekhan. It Flows South-east, Separating The Nagpur, Wardha, And Chanda Districts Of The Central Provinces From The Berars And The Nizam's Dominions. Its Finst Great Affluent Is The Pain Ganga, ...