72 ~=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [March, 1912. 
Ravala Visvesvara Bhatta, a. Nagar Brahmana, ultimately 
unravelled the mystery of his concealed Kshatriyaism. Bapa 
was called in his infancy as Bapa Ravala, that is, by his pet- 
name Bapa and Ravala, the title of his family priest. Ravala 
is one of the many Avatankas (titles) of Nagar Brahmanas, as 
Pandia, Jani, Mahata, Vyasa and Sukla, etc., signifying profes- 
sion, etc. Accordingly, those persons were called Ravalas who 
were the servants of Ravala, i.e. the Royal Palace. The term 
Ravala is still in use in the Mewari ianguage, also in this mean- 
ing, as for instance gy alaq wat =, i.e. he has gone to the 
Royal Palace. Ravala is also used in the Mewari language in 
the sense of ‘lord of the palace,’ ie. a king.! Hence in our 
humble opinion, when a term is before us, clearly used as a 
proper name in any writing, then it is useless to attempt to 
give some sort of meaning to it by making such far-fetched 
conjectures. 
K. Mr. Bhandarkar has conjectured, on the chief authori- 
ty of this transcript, under examination, and the corroborative 
the Atapura inscription, and not Bapa of the Ranpur, Achal- 
gadh and Chitorgadh epigraphs, as Bapa is plainly said—the 
moon among the kings of the family of Guhila in the earlier 
aforesaid inscription of Naravahana. 
TExt, 
aifea agree (at) = ates: | 
ataaa: fafaufe: fafa wis x (a) I 
TRANSLATION. 
‘In this (city) there flourished Sri Bappak, the lord of 
the earth, the gem of the surface of the earth and the moon 
among the kings of the family of Guhila.’? 


! Accordingly the chiefs of the Dingar 
ur and Banswara § 
under the Mewar Residency in Rajpitana, sali ra act 
@ called Ravalji and Maha. 
nd {ywys are the corrup- 
@ meaning Royal Family, as— 
O88 TNs Fos We asi ci wwe faetew HS 
i} 
frqwu-<e UTaRe aH wag dated agiaifediqa: we 
aazetea ii 
ravalji. In the Prakrita language TVS a 
tions of the Sanskrita zy 
(Kavya-mala, No. 14, p. 22.) 
