The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4. Robert Vane Russell

Jevons, Introduction to the History of Religion, p. 368.

      12

      Vide article on Lakhera.

      13

      Rāsmāla, i. p. 100.

      14

      Ibidem, p. 241.

      15

      Khāndesh Gazetteer, p. 62.

      16

      Bombay Gazetteer, vol. i. part ii. p. 34.

      17

      From jihār, a tree or shrub.

      18

      Acacia catechu.

      19

      Dhan properly means wealth, cf. the two meanings of the word stock in English.

      20

      Berār Census Report (1881), para. 180.

      21

      Ibidem.

      22

      Bāwan = fifty-two.

      23

      Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarāt p. 490, App. B, Gūjar.

      24

      Eugenia jambolana.

      25

      Ficus glomerata.

      26

1

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Kumhār.

2

Gods and demons.

3

Hāth, hand and garhna to make or mould.

4

Gora, white or red, applied to Europeans.

5

History of the Marāthas, edition 1878, vol. i. p. 26.

6

The above description is taken from the Central Provinces Monograph on Pottery and Glassware by Mr. Jowers, p. 4.

7

Golden Bough, ii. pp. 299, 301.

8

Rājasthān, ii. p. 524.

9

Orphèus, p. 152.

10

The sacrifice is now falling into abeyance, as landowners refuse to supply the buffalo.

11

Dr. Jevons, Introduction to the History of Religion, p. 368.

12

Vide article on Lakhera.

13

Rāsmāla, i. p. 100.

14

Ibidem, p. 241.

15

Khāndesh Gazetteer, p. 62.

16

Bombay Gazetteer, vol. i. part ii. p. 34.

17

From jihār, a tree or shrub.

18

Acacia catechu.

19

Dhan properly means wealth, cf. the two meanings of the word stock in English.

20

Berār Census Report (1881), para. 180.

21

Ibidem.

22

Bāwan = fifty-two.

23

Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarāt p. 490, App. B, Gūjar.

24

Eugenia jambolana.

25

Ficus glomerata.

26

See the article entitled ‘An Anthropoid.’

27

Bombay Gazetteer; Nāsik p. 26.

28

This is the rule in the Nāgpur District.

29

From a note by Mr. A. K. Smith, C.S.

30

Circle Inspector Ganesh Prasād.

31

Semicarpus anacardium.

32

‘Oh, Lord Mahābīr, give me a child, only one child.’

33

Beast and Man in India, p. 44. But, according to the same writer, the Hindus do say, ‘Drunk as an owl’ and also ‘Stupid as an owl.’

34

Crotalaria juncea.

35

The 3rd Baisākh (May) Sudi, the commencement of the agricultural year. The name means, ‘The day of immortality.’

36

Furnished by Inspector Ganesh Prasād.

37

Dam: breath or life.

38

These paragraphs are largely based on a description of a Wardha village by Mr. A.K. Smith, C.S.

39

Nāgpur Settlement Report, para. 45.

40

The references to English farming in this paragraph are taken from an article in the Saturday Review of 22nd August 1908.

41

Report on the Territories of the Rāja of Nāgpur.

42

Rāsmālā, ii. 242.

43

A freebooting tribe who gave their name to Kāthiawār.

44

This article is partly based on papers by Nanhe Khān, Sub-Inspector of Police, Khurai, Saugor, and Kesho Rao, Headmaster, Middle School, Seoni-Chhapāra.

45

Literally ‘The Month of Separatica.’ It is the eighth month of the Muhammadan year and is said to be so called because in this month the Arabs broke up their encampments and scattered in search of water. On the night of Shab-i-Barāt God registers all the actions of men which they are to perform during the year; and all the children of men who are to be born and die in the year are recorded. Though properly a fast, it is generally observed with rejoicings and a display of fireworks. Hughes’ Dictionary of Islam, p. 570.

46

Tribes and Castes of the N.W.P., art. Kunjra.

47

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, ibidem.

48

This article is compiled from notes taken by Mr. Hīra Lāl and by Pyāre Lāl Misra, Ethnographic clerk.

49

North Arcot Manual, vol. i. p. 220.

50

Vol. i. p. 224.

51

Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies.

52

In this article some account of the houses, clothes and food of the Hindus generally of the northern Districts has been inserted, being mainly