McAllister, Pam (1982). Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and NonviolenceArxivləşdirilib 2022-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. New Society Publishers. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-86571-017–7. Retrieved 31 August 2013. Quote: "With love, Yours, Bapu (You closed with the term of endearment used by your close friends, the term you used with all the movement leaders, roughly meaning 'Papa.'" Another letter written in 1940 shows similar tenderness and caring.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993). The Oxford Hindi-English DictionaryArxivləşdirilib 2023-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Oxford University Press. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-19-864339–5. Retrieved 31 August 2013. Quote: (mahā- (S. "great, mighty, large, …, eminent") + ātmā (S. "1.soul, spirit; the self, the individual; the mind, the heart; 2. the ultimate being."): "high-souled, of noble nature; a noble or venerable man."
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993). The Oxford Hindi-English DictionaryArxivləşdirilib 2023-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Oxford University Press. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-19-864339–5. Retrieved 31 August 2013. Quote: (mahā- (S. "great, mighty, large, …, eminent") + ātmā (S. "1.soul, spirit; the self, the individual; the mind, the heart; 2. the ultimate being."): "high-souled, of noble nature; a noble or venerable man."
McAllister, Pam (1982). Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and NonviolenceArxivləşdirilib 2022-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. New Society Publishers. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-86571-017–7. Retrieved 31 August 2013. Quote: "With love, Yours, Bapu (You closed with the term of endearment used by your close friends, the term you used with all the movement leaders, roughly meaning 'Papa.'" Another letter written in 1940 shows similar tenderness and caring.