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Gulgul I have not been able to trace. Some sug- 

 gest its derivation from a round sweetmeat of that 

 name. Nor have I been able to get at the meaning 

 of beora. 



Karmaranga is said to be some sort of orange 

 mentioned in Sanskrit books, but Prof. Cowell says it 

 is not an old Sanskrit word, and found only in 

 modern lexicons. I have never met with any Citrus 

 of that name. 



Then there are the Bengali names of Citrus. Pdti 

 nimboo is said to mean desee nimboo, belonging to the 

 country, in contradistinction to foreign. Gbra nimboo 

 is said to mean extremely acid nimboo. 



Kalama and kalamba are uncertain. I am told 

 there is a kind of pumpkin, used for keeping persons 

 afloat while swimming, that is called colamba. Not 

 improbably the kalamba, which is a large pumpkin- 

 like Citrus, may be named after that, or it may be 

 derived from calappa, a cocoa nut, mentioned by 

 Rumphius. 



Further, maha nimboo, as applied to the pummelo 

 by some, means large Citrus. ' Bhimra, probably from 

 Bhim, the Indian Hercules, may have pretty much 

 the same meaning, viz., a huge Citrus. There may be 

 other fanciful names given by learned people with 

 reference to some prominent character of some parti- 

 cular Citrus. 



Attarra nimboo is a large variety, which I met with 

 in the Central Provinces. I have not been able to 

 trace its derivation. Not impossibly it may be con- 

 nected with attar, with reference to the scent of its 

 rind or flowers. 



Sarbti nimboo also occurs. Prof. A. Vambery sug- 

 gests that this word may possibly be of Turkish origin, 

 and derived from sari, yellow, and ati, flesh, or pulp, 



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