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L. A. Waddell —Place and River-Names in Sikhim, fyc. [No. 2, 
Sipahi-dura ( Ang. Sepoy-dura) = Sipahi, a native soldier + P. 
dura. The ‘ lines ’ of the pioneer Sepoys now disbanded. 
Kua-pani = P. kua, a well 4- pani, water. No stream 
near, hence villagers had to dig a well, an unusual source of 
water-supply in the hills. 
Goru-bathan = P. Jlfa goru , a cow + bdthdn , from Skt. TO 
has to dwell 4- sthdn , a place. A grazing station. 
Simana = P. €tTO, simana , a boundary. A village on the Nepal 
frontier line. 
Pani-ghata = P. pdini, water, 4 - glidta , a ferry or ford. The 
ford over Balasan at foot of hills. 
Pathar-GHAta = H. pdtliar , a stone 4” ghdta , a ferry. The 
ferry on the Mahananda where stones are gathered for road- 
metal. 
Sili-guri = P. and Skt. fro*, a stone 4- P. guri from Skt. garhi , 
a small fort. ‘ The stone fort.’ The furthest out site from 
the hills where stones are locally available for building. 
Tarai = P. and H. TOW, tardi , a swamp, or marshy tract. 
Tariyana (Ang. Tirihana) = a form of above. 
Dwar (Ang. Dwar) H. B. and Skt. dwdr, a door, or passage. 
‘ The door or entry (to the hills).’ The broad shallow valleys 
leading from plains into the hills. 
Kaman, the ordinary name used among the hill-coolies for tea-gardens. 
It seems to be the Parbatiya word meaning ‘ to earn money,’ 
from the same root as the H. kamdnd ‘ to work for hire.’ 
Sanyasi-than = Sanyasi, a religious mendicant 4* B. sjprj than, ‘ the 
place, usually a shrine. Here it is a Sanyasi’s hut. 
Dawai-pani = B. and H. dawai medicinal 4- pdni = ‘ Mineral 
spring.’ Here is a chalybeate spring. 
Bagh-dokra = B. bdgh, a tiger + dokra, roaring. A village 
in the Tarai in a locality infested by tigers. 
BairagI-bhita = B. and H. Bairdgi, a religious mendicant 4- bhita, 
a plot of land. c The mendicant’s plot.’ 
Dangar-bhita = B. and H. Ddngar , a hill-man 4- bhita. Here a 
settlement of some Uraon hill-men. 
HathI-duba = H. and B. hdthi, an elephant 4 - TO ddba, to im- 
merse. A marshy tract which elephants could not cross. 
Raja-jhar = H. and B. Raja 4- jhar, a jungle. ‘ The king’s 
forest.’ 
Ghora-mara = H. and B. ghord, a horse 4- mara, killed. A 
local tradition states that a horse was killed here by a tiger. 
Bhainsi-mari = H. and B. TO bainsa, a buffalo 4- mari, killing. 
