The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India: pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central ProvincesMacmillan and Company, 1916 - Caste |
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... take food together , but not the women ; and if a marriage cannot be otherwise arranged these subcastes will sometimes give daughters to each other . A girl thus married is no longer permitted to take food at her father's house , but ...
... take food together , but not the women ; and if a marriage cannot be otherwise arranged these subcastes will sometimes give daughters to each other . A girl thus married is no longer permitted to take food at her father's house , but ...
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... take some milk from one of the ewes and mix rice with it and sprinkle it ... food cooked with water from a Lodhi or a Dāngi , members of these castes ... take water , but above the servile and labouring castes . They are usually somewhat ...
... take some milk from one of the ewes and mix rice with it and sprinkle it ... food cooked with water from a Lodhi or a Dāngi , members of these castes ... take water , but above the servile and labouring castes . They are usually somewhat ...
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... take food from all except the impure ones , 1 Report on the Dependency of Bastar , p . 37 . 2 Ethnographic Notes in Southern India , p . 270 . I. Distri- origin . but like the Mehtars and Ghasias.
... take food from all except the impure ones , 1 Report on the Dependency of Bastar , p . 37 . 2 Ethnographic Notes in Southern India , p . 270 . I. Distri- origin . but like the Mehtars and Ghasias.
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... take food or water from a Kayasth . Only the lowest castes will eat with Gadbas , but they are not considered as impure , and are allowed to enter temples and take part in religious ceremonies . Gānda . A servile and impure caste of ...
... take food or water from a Kayasth . Only the lowest castes will eat with Gadbas , but they are not considered as impure , and are allowed to enter temples and take part in religious ceremonies . Gānda . A servile and impure caste of ...
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... food on that day . They both burn and bury the dead and perform the shradhh ceremony or the offering of sacrificial cakes . They eat flesh but do not drink liquor . Their social position is fairly good and Brāhmans will take ... taken to this ...
... food on that day . They both burn and bury the dead and perform the shradhh ceremony or the offering of sacrificial cakes . They eat flesh but do not drink liquor . Their social position is fairly good and Brāhmans will take ... taken to this ...
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Common terms and phrases
ancestors animals Baiga bangles Bania Bastar Bengal Berar Bhumka Bihār body Brahmans bride bridegroom brother buried called Central Provinces ceremony Chanda Chhattisgarh child Chota Nagpur cloth considered cooked cultivators customs dance daughter dead deity derived Dhangars Districts Divorce Dravidian drink exogamous father feast festival flesh forest Gadaria girl give goat goddess gods Gonds Gosains Gowāris Gujarāt Gūjars hair Halbas head Hindu husband Ibidem impure India Jāts Jogis Kalārs Kanjars Kawars Kayasths Kharias Khatris Khonds killed known Kolis Kols Korkus Korwas Koshtis Kunbis Lingo liquor Mahādeo mahua Mandla Maratha marriage married months moon Muhammadan Munda nakshatras occupation offered origin panchayat persons priest probably Rāja Rājpūts rice rites round rupees sacred sacrifice Sambalpur sept Siva social spirit subcastes take food tattooed Telugu tiger tree Tribes and Castes turmeric usually village wedding widow wife woman women worship