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R. S. Whiteway- 
-Place names in Merwdra. [No. 2, 
Kotkirana 
A village. Kot a fort and kirana 
serrated. See Khangadanta. 
Kotri 
• • 
A village. A thakur’s thana or guard¬ 
house is called a kotri hence the 
name. 
Kumta^hati 
• O • 
Ghati a pass. Kumta is the Acacia 
ru^estris. 
Kundia 
• 
A tank. The deep pool. 
L. 
Lasania 
Lalpura clhanar 
Lapraroda ^T^TTKI^T 
Lewa ki gwar ^ 
Loliklian ka mu- sffT ^ 
tliara ^ITT 
Loranwala 
Two villages and some tanks. The 
grindstone, literally iron sharpener. 
A village. Lalpur from a man’s name. 
Dhanar from dhan, ‘ wealth ’ which 
means now cattle. 
Either lapra ‘ broad’ and roda ‘ a rocky 
ravine,’ or possibly the first part of 
the compound is from the lampra 
grass. 
Gwar is a hamlet for herding cattle in 
the jungle and lewa is mud, earth 
used for plastering a wall. H. 
Sansk. f%^. 
The peak of the iron mine. 
A tank. Loran a class of Rajputs. 
M. 
Makat 
Makat or Mangat is a high hill called 
Malaki nimri 
?TT^T ^ 
after a deified man whose shrine is 
on the top. 
Mala,,mm tree. 
Malnai 
A tank in village of Nai. Mai a cul- 
Mamaji 
tivated plain. 
A tank. Mama is the deity of thresh- 
Mandera 
ing-floors. 
A village. This name, Mandlan and 
Manela 
Mandawas are all connected with 
Mandara temple. 
A tank. Mana a man’s name. 
