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3. Ajmere = Ajayameru or Ajamidha. 
4. Man Mori = Manu-raja Maurya. 
5. Kumbha = Ku akarna. 
6. Khetasi = Kshetrasingh. 
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9, Naga = Nagaditya. 
0. Lakha = Lakshasingh or Lakshmanasingh. 
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Aghatapura by the writers of the inscriptions. 
‘Tod also says the same thing when he writes, * Bappa is 
it si ild:’.-<2 kk: de. not, 
term for ascetics. * : 
becomes significant only if it is taken to refer to his having 
become a member of this sect.”’ 
(I. A., Vol. XXXIX, Part XDV, p. 190). 
And the latter term Ravala’ means a sect of ascetics and 
also of their lay-followers :— ; 
‘« Now Ravala is the name of a sect of ascetics and also of 
their lay-followers. These Ravalas still abound in Mewar and 
are found also in Gujarat and Maharashtra even so far south 
as Sanwatvadi. I shall seize an early opportunity of writing a 
special note on this sect, but it is sufficient to say here that 
appa was called Ravala because he joined that sect, of which 
Haritarasi was the head priest.”’ 
(I. A., Vol. XXXIX, Part XDV, p. 190). 
But both these conjectures are wrong. Because Bapa was 
called Bapa from his very birthday by his mother and the 
family priest and so on by all and every inhabitant of the city, 
and not from the time of his becoming a pupil of Haritaras! or 
joining his sect. Besides, the term Bapa, used in the inscrip- 
tions and historical works, is before us as a proper name, that 
is, it is 4 name of an individual person or prince, and not as @ 
common name. Taking the term Bapa as a common noun 
