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R. S. Wliiteway —Place names in Merwdra. 
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Panwaria 
A tank. (Also one part of a certain 
Paotia 
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village is so called.) Panwar is a 
bush of which the seeds are used 
in medicine {Cassia tora ?). 
A tank. In the bed of it a paoti 
Pdtian 
(Persian wheel worked by the feet) 
was formerly used. 
A tank. Pati is the name of the 
Phutel 
wooden slate used in fields, and is 
now applied to long narrow fields. 
A tank. The one often breaking. 
Piparla ki bauri 
Phuta, broken. 
The pipal tree well. 
Pipli 
A village. The pipal tree. 
Pipliapani 
The pipal tree water. 
Putimal 
A doubtful name, probably from puti, 
Raelan khera 
a small bee, and mahl, a swarm. 
Puti is the smallest bee as bhanwr 
is the largest. 
R. 
A village. Reil is the local form of 
Rajarlai 
raiyat, a dependant. The servants 
of the Khan of Athun lived here. 
A tank. Raja a man’s name. 
Rajiawas 
A village. Pounded by the raja whose 
Ranela 
rani built the Kalinjar embankment 
(see Kalinjar). 
A tank. Rana is a man’s name. 
Ramsar mahola 
A village. Ram is the god. Sar was 
Ranathan 
originally the name of a tank in 
general, but is now confined to na¬ 
tural sheets of water. Mahola = 
mailan inside. 
A village. This illustrates the ge- 
nesis of names and the survival of 
the fittest. The village has been 
several times abandoned and again 
refounded. The last time the vil¬ 
lagers called it Ranathan after an 
ancestor, thinking this would bring 
luck. Col. Dixon called it Bhag- 
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