The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume I Part 69

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume I Part 69

Totem, worship of--Kewat 1


Totemism--Agharia 2, Andh, Audhelia 2, Barai 2, Basor 3, Bhaina 3, Bharia 2, Bhil 6, Bhoyar 2, Bhulia, Chadar, Chasa 2, Chauhan, Dahait 2, Dhanwar 2, Dumal 2, Gadba 1, Gond 13, 14, Kalanga 2, Kawar 3, Kewat 2, Khadal, Khadra, Khangar 2, Kharia 4, Khond 3, Kol 9, Kurmi 4, Lodhi 4, Majhwar 4, Oraon 3, Parja 2, Rautia 2, Savar 3, Sudh, Intro. 49, 51


Traps for animals--Gond 81


Trees, spirits in--Kunbi 12


Turmeric--Mali 5


Twins, beliefs about--Kurmi 19


Udasi--Nanakpanthi S. 3


Ukika sacrifice, the--Muhammadan R. 10


Umbrella--Dahait 6, 7


Vaishnava, sect--Kasbi 7


Vaishya--Intro. 13


Valmiki, legend of--Mehtar 14


Vermilion and spangles, meaning of, subst.i.tutes for blood--Lakhera 5, 6


Village community--Intro. 22, 23, 73


Village G.o.ds--Banjara Devi in Banjara 10, Chordewa in Oraon 16, Khermata in Baiga 6, Kurmi 30, Maiya Andhiyari in Dhanwar 9, Mithu Bhukia in Banjara 11


Village menials--Chamaar 15, Dhimar 12, Gurao 1, Kahar 1, k.u.mhar 4, Mang 6


Village--priests (Bhumka Jhankar)--Binjhwar 9, Korku 7, Intro. 28


Villages--Gond 60, Korku 10, Kunbi 19


Vishnu, the G.o.d. See article Vaishnava Sect


Washerman--Dhobi 8


Washing clothes, method of--Dhobi 5, 6, Gond 64


Watchman, village--Kotwar, Ramosi 3, Intro. 27


Weapons--Khond 7


Weeping, custom of--Bharia 3, Chauhan, Gond 22


Widow-marriage--_Pa.s.sim_. See especially Bania 12, Banjara 8, Brahman 12, Chamaar 6, Gauria (disposal of first husbands children), Gond 24, Gujar 5, Halba 10, Kirar 2, Kohli 2, Kori 2, Koshti 3, Kunbi 9, Kurmi 11, Mahar 5, Mali 7, Muhammadan R. 6, Panwar Rajput 8, Teli 6; sale of widows--Panwar Rajput 8; Sati or burning of widows--Brahman 13


Wine-drinking, legend of--Kalar 7. See Liquor


Witchcraft--Bhatra 8, Bhil 9, Gond 50, Kawar 10, Oraon 16


Women, s.e.xual morality of--Gond, Gowari; seclusion of--Rajput, 13


Wool, sanct.i.ty of--Gadaria, 8; shearing and weaving--Gadaria, 7


Yadava tribe, the--Ahir, 4


Yawning--Chitari, 4


Yoga philosophy--Jogi, 1


Zend-Avesta--Parsi R., 3, 4


Zodiac, the--Joshi, 2-7


End of Vol. I


NOTES


[1] _Indian Caste_, p. 12.


[2] Dr. Wilsons _Indian Caste_ (Times Press and Messrs. Blackwood), 1875, p. 88, quoting from Rig-Veda.


[3] Dr. Wilsons _Indian Caste_ (Times Press and Messrs. Blackwood), 1875, p. 88, quoting from Rig-Veda.


[4] Rig-Veda, i. 11. Wilson, _ibidem_, p. 94.


[5] Wilson, _ibidem_, p. 99.


[6] Manu, ii. 17, 24.