Chiplun (Mah)

Mar: चिपळूण  c(h)ipaḷūṇa ‘Pure Mind’  -City/District    Maharashtra From Chitpavan [Skt: pāvana, ‘pure’, ‘holy’; Skt: c(h)itta, ‘mind’, ‘thought’]. This area was the original home of the Chitpavan Brahmins which suggests that Chiplun is a corruption of their name....