Glossary
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Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
Gāyake.—Subcaste of Pardhi, meaning a man who stalks deer behind a bullock.
Gayāwāl.—(From the town of Gaya on the Ganges, a favourite place for performing the obsequies of the dead.) A subcaste of Brāhmans who act as emissaries for the owners of the shrines at Gaya and wander about the country inducing villagers to undertake the pilgrimage and personally conducting their constituents.
Gāzulu.—(A bangle-seller.) Subcaste of Balija.
Gedam.—A sept of Gonds. A sept of Baigās.
Ghadyachi Tong.—(The rim of the pitcher.) A section of Kirār.
Ghanta.—(Bell.) A section of Kumhār.
Ghantra.—Name of a caste of Lohārs or blacksmiths in the Uriya country.
Gharbāri.—One who while leading a mendicant life is permitted to marry with the permission of his guru. A householder, synonym Grihastha. The married groups of the Gosain, Bairāgi and Mānbhao orders as distinguished from the Nihang or celibate section.
Ghāsi Mali.—Subcaste of Māli.
Ghātole, Ghātode.—Those who dwell on the ghāts or passes of the Sainhyadri Hills to the south of the Berār plain. Subcaste of Bahna, Gondhali and Kunbi.
Ghātmathe.—(Residents of the Mahādeo plateau in Berār.) Subcaste of Marātha.
Gherwāl.—A clan of Rājpūts. Synonym for Gaharwār.
Ghīdoda.—(Giver of ghī.) A section of Telis so named because their first ancestors presented ghī to the king Bhoramdeo.
Ghisādi, Ghisāri.—A group of wandering Lohārs or blacksmiths. Synonym for Lohār.
Ghoderāo.—(Ghoda, a horse.) Subcaste of Chitrakathi. They have the duty of looking after the horses and bullock-carts of the castemen who assemble for marriage or other ceremonies.
Ghodke.—Those who tend horses. Subcaste of Māng.
Ghodmāria.—(Horse-killer.) A sept of Binjhwār.
Ghopi.—(Wild jāmun tree.) A sept of Gonds.
Ghosi.—A caste. A subcaste of Ahīr. A section of Chamār.
Ghudchoda.—A subcaste of Pāsi, who have become grooms. (From ghora, a horse.)
Ghughu, Ghughwa.—(Owl.) A section of Gānda, Kawar, Kewat and Panka. Pankas of the Ghughu sept are said to have eaten the leavings of their caste-fellows.
Ghunnere.—(Worm-eater.) A section of Teli in Betūl and Rāthor Teli.
Ghūra or Gūra.—(Dunghill.) A section of Chadār and Sunār.
Ghuttin.—A sept of Bhīls. They reverence the gūlar, or fig tree.
Gingra.—A subcaste of Tiyar.
Girgira.—A small caste found in Sonpur State and Sambalpur district. They are fishermen, and also parch rice. They are perhaps an offshoot of the Kewat caste.
Giri or Gir.—(Gir, mountain.) An order of Gosains.
Girnāra.—A subcaste of Brāhmans in Jubbulpore. They are said to take their name from Girnār in Kāthiāwār, where they were settled by Krishna after he rose from the Dāmodar reservoir in the bed of the Sonrekha river at Junagarh. They have the monopoly of the office of priests to pilgrims visiting Girnār. (Bombay Gazetteer, ix.)
Goāl or Gowāla, Guāla.—(Sanskrit Gopāl, a cowherd.) Synonym of Ahīr, also subcaste of Ahīr.
Gaoli.—(A cowherd.) Synonym for Ahīr. Subcaste of Marātha.
Gobardhua.—(From gobar, cowdung.) Subcaste of Chamār.
Gohia, Gohi.—(From goh or gohi, a large lizard.) A section of Jain Bania or Khatīk. A sept of Bhatra and Parja.
Gohil.—A well-known clan of Rājpūts in the United Provinces.
Goia.—(From gohi, a mango-stone.) A section of Chadār. They draw a picture of the mango-stone at the Maihar or distribution of sacrificial cakes.
Gola.—Synonym of Golar.
Golak.—Synonym Govardhan or Gaomukh. An illegitimate group of Marātha Brāhmans.
Golalāre.—A subcaste of Bania.
Golandāz.—(An artilleryman.) Synonym of Kadera.
Golapūrab.—A subcaste of Bania, Darzi and Kalār.
Golkar.—Synonym of Golar and Ahīr.