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sion on the western bank of the lower course of the Aumi river, which includes both Sangrâmpur and the Aumiyar lake. *Anuvaineya* means the country along the *Vaineya* river, or on the lower course of the *Vaineya*. The name is probably derived from *Venu*, a "bambu," and if so it would mean "Bambu river," and would thus be equivalent to *Bánsi*, which might be appropriately applied to it, either on account of the *bambus* on its banks, or because it flows past the town of *Bánsi*.