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1886.] R. S. Wliiteway —Place names in Merwdra 
Satpali nal 
Sawajna Chain- 
pura 
Samelia 
Semla 
Sendra 
Sahpura 
Vj 
Shaikhawas 
Sialya 
Siliberi 
Sirman 
Sirola 
fkr^T 
Sirolaghati 
Suraj paul ki 
nal 
Pali has several meanings. A cow¬ 
boy, a boundary of a field, a field 
itself, a share divided off; also a 
turn, or watch, in rotation as in 
mounting guard. The word has 
here the last of these meanings, 
and the pass which is one of 
the most important leading into 
Marwar is so called as the watch 
and ward was divided between 
seven villages. Dewari Pipreln, 
Kot, Basi etc. 
A village. Sawajna is a corruption 
of Snhejna the Moniya pterygos- 
perma. Chainpura is the village 
of comfort so called, as it was ori¬ 
ginally on the hill, but has now 
come into the plain, hence the 
chain or comfort. 
A village. Two streams join here. 
A village. From the seraal tree 
JBomhax malaharicum. 
A village. Damp sandhills (darra). 
Two villages. Being founded by Col. 
Dixon, they were called Sahibpura, 
the present name is a corruption. 
A village. Corruption of Selawas. [?] 
Sela a man’s name. 
A tank. Siala is the kharif crop as 
unalii is the rabi, and this tank only 
waters the kharif. 
A village. Beri is diminutive of bera, 
a well. Sili is cool. Sell is the 
cold wind that blows after rain in 
the winter months. 
A village. Founded by two men in 
partnership. 
A tank. Held in partnership by two 
villages. 
The pass held in partnership. 
Paul means a door or entrance, this 
is therefore the village of the gate 
of the sun. 
