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Tâmasi, Thâmini, Dikshyani, Dhitrì, Nanla, Parvati, Phatka ini Baudhini, Dhadrakali, Mahakiya, Yasasvini, Raktà, Lauuboshthi, Varald, Sasmi, Shunda, Sarasvati, Hansavati, Kshamavati,
Akarâdikshakaranavarnavayavasunlarim Panchasanu jadvhnjáksharabharaimanavidhairdhatubbih balivarthah padavak yamannanakairarthavin bhavitaih | Såhhipriyavadarthakarmaphaladaih khyatairanan'siridan Visvam vyapya chidatwanahamabamity ujjrimbbase matsikell Namo bamniye Ippiye
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Mantramatrike Akshamil nadyantaram yasi, deśântaram yasi, dvipântaram yusi, lokantaram yasi, sarvada bihurasi, Sarvabriui visayasi. namaste.
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NOTES AND QUERIES. TITLES AMONG RULING TAMILIES IN THE | Maha Aja are styled Ajals and their sons are
PANJAB HILL STATES: ADDENDUM. Måns.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV. p. 272.). In the Mankotia family the enffis Deo alterChand. - The fuflix of the Katoch RajAs of nates with that of Singb, e. g., Råjå Bilbir Singh Lambagraon and Nadaun, and of the Kahloria
is the son of Raja Lakh Déu. This is said to Raja of Bilaspur or Kahlar is Chand', which
huve been the practice for a long period. used also to be the Ruffix of the Jaswal Rajas of The change of suffix at accession is suid to be Amb in the Hoshiarpur District, until I be tenth rare, the heir, when a son of the ruler, being Sikh Gurd changed it to Singh. I be tradition is generally named with the fame suffix as bis that the Gurd sought an asylum from Mughal father. But if the R&j& dies sonless, or the persecution at Naina Devi in Bilaspur, and the heir-apparent dies, the next heir will have to goddese bade him ask boon. He prayed that assume the ruler's suffiz. Sikh rulers never the Sikh power might be established, and, on this change the suffix of Singh. prayer.being heard, he urged all the neighbouring Bhaa. - The title Bhaa is somewhat common. rulers to accept Sikhism, but they all refuerd,
180. It is used for the heirs-apparent of all the Rånås save RAJA Mân Cuand of Jaswan, who stipolated
in the smaller States round Simla; and also in . that be should only take the suffix of Singh on
Mandt by the heir-presumptive, before he is condition that he was not to take the pahul, or abandon the sacred thread. Mån Ohand was the
proclaimod tika or heir-apparent, first Raja of Jaswan to be styled Singh.'
Kanwar. This title is in use in lieu of Mila
(Hot for the heir-apparent) in Sirmar, Nalagarh D80. - The suffix Deo was retained by the
and Garhwal in the United Provinces, also in RAJAs of Jamnta until Raja Raghbir Deo was
the Sikh States of Patiala and Kapurthala in deposed by Mabârâja Ranjit Singh; and the
the Paūjáb plains. tradition is that Gulab Singh, grandfather of the
Rai. - The beir-apparent in the Katoch family present ruler of Jammu, slew Anche Khan,
An Kangra ia termed Rai. Moreover, when the & noted Afghan free-booter. Ranjit Singh had
Raja Binne Chand, of Nurpar, in the Hoshiarpur Bet a price upon his head, but he ventured to
District, ignoring the rule of primogeniture, Attack Jummd itself and there met his death at Gulab Singh's bands. In rengnition of his
divided his state among his eight sons, they
became each a Rai, and, it is said, were the first bravery Rarjit Singh bestowed on him the state of Jamm with the title of Raja, and the family
to use that title. But in religious ceremonies has since borne tbe suffix of Singh. It is note
the Rais still use the old title of Raja. worthy that in Jammd all the sons of the
H. A Rose. . It is also the suffis of the Dadwal chiefs of Datirpar, an offshoot of the Katich.
. It is as hard for a R& pat as it is for a Khatri to socept the levelling doct-ines of Sikhism, and both these castes contribute few converts to that faith.
"He had promised to grant his wife whatever she wished, and she demanded that all her eight bons should be prooluimad tikla, or heire, alike. But these families now each retain the rule of primogeniture. - Boardrow District Gaster, p. 49 (Ed... ol 1.04).
