कान्हा मुङा कान्हारनिफ्राइ फैनाय जानांगौ दान्हारा बे ओनसोलनि सोदोब जाय सेरफां थालानि हाब्रु हाखौ फोरमायो एबा कानभा मुंनि सासे गोथार मानसि जाय मोनसे समाव हाग्रामा गामियाव थायोमोन।
The name Kanha itself may be derived from kanhar, the local term for the clayey soil in the valley bottoms, or from Kanva, a holy man who once lived there in a forest village.