Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.35

v3.c40.35

Thal, Rūi.—As the reader will often meet with the words thal and rui, he should be acquainted with the distinction between them. The first means an arid and bare desert; the other is equally expressive of desert, but implies the presence of natural vegetation; in fact, the jungle of the desert.