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Vol. IV, No. 11.] The Etymology of ‘* Ranchi.” 601 
[V.S.] 
ek chhota sa basti tha usi pahari ke najdik, wahi basti men 
kitne Uraon log rahte the. Ye Uraon najdik ke jaminon ko 
jotte our chain se rahte the. 
Dhupkal men ek roj ek kisan apne khet ko jotne ko gaya 
khet usi pahari ke najdik men tha, jab wah jotne par tha, tab 
ek Deo (ed saks ke rup men) hajir hua our usko jamin jotne se 
roka, yah kah karke, ‘‘ Yah mera jamin hai, tum jot na 
sakte ho. ’’ Wah kisan jaubhi bahut hi usko achanak se dekhne 
se dar gaya, nahin thahar gaya, lekin jotne hi laga, yah kah 
karke, ‘‘ Yah mera hai, main nahin thahar sakta hun Wah 
Deo usko rokne ko bahut hi kosis kiya lekin wah kisan, krodhit 
hoke, us Deo ko apne lathi se aisa mara jis lathi se wah apne 
bailon ko hank raha tha (yahi lathi Uraon men Archi kahlata 
hai). Deo mar pake bahut jor se Archi, Archi, Archi kahkar 
chilane laga aur chilate chilate wah phir nahin dekh para. 
Wah kisan is ghatna ko ganwwalon ko bataya, tab ganwwale 
us wakt se apna ganw ko archi kahne lage. Archi Rachi hua, 
aur Rachi Ranchi hua. Abhi samucha sahar Sick: kahlane 
laga. 
TRANSLATION. 
(Literal). 
Regarding the Ranchi town there is a story. Many years 
as 
tants at that time Ranchi town a small village was near that 
ock. In that hamlet some Uraon log used to live. These 
Uraons the adjacent lands used to cultivate, eed peacefully 
they to live. 
ummer season, one day, a Boe rea his own 
farm to “til went. The farm near that When he 
was about to plough, then a déo (in he rm of a man) 
appeared, and him from tilling the land (he) eeebads, this by 
‘* This my land is, you cannot till it.” The cultivator. 
sa 
nevertheless, very much, him on a sudden by seeing, got 
ened ; nay (the cultivator) staid on, but continued to till, this 
by sa sheet ‘* This is mine, [ cannot stop.”” The demon ‘(dzo) 
him to stop very much tried, but the cultivator, becoming angry, 
him, with his stick so struck, with which stick he was ; driving 
his cattle. (This stick in ‘Uraon is called archi). The déo 
avin t beating, very loudly shouted archi, archi, archi, 
and shouting and shouting he (dzo) could not be seen any more 
The cultivator this incident to the villagers told. Then the 
villagers, from that time, their own hamlet, have been calling 
Archi. Archi became Rachi, and Rachi became Ranchi. Now 
anchi. 
the entire town is called R 

