Glossary (continued 1)
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Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
Madhavachārya.—A Vishnuite sect and order of religious mendicants. See Baīrāgi.
Madhyanjan, Madhyandina.—A class of Brāhmans, the same as the Yajur-Vedis, or a section of them.
Mādia.—A class of Gonds in Bastar.
Madpotwa.—(One who distils liquor.) Subcaste of Teli.
Madrāsi.—Subcaste of Dhobi.
Magadha.—A subcaste of Ahīr or Rāwat in Chhattīsgarh, who ask for food from others and do not cook for themselves.
Magar, Magra.—A sept of Khangār, Ahīr or Rāwat, Gond and Chadār.
Māgida.—Synonym of Mādgi.
Mahābrāhman.—A degraded class of Brāhmans who accept gifts for the dead.
Mahādeva Thākur.—(Lord Mahādeo.) A section of Māli.
Mahajalia.—(Deceitful.) A section of Lohār.
Mahājan.—A banker. Title of the Bania caste.
Mahākul.—Synonym for Ahīr.
Mahālodhi.—(Great Lodhi.) Subcaste of Lodhi.
Mahānadiya.—(Those who came from the Mahānadi river.) A subcaste of Lodhi. A section of Gānda, Ghasia and Panka.
Mahant.—Chief of a math or monastery. A superior class of priest. A section of Ahīr, Panka, Chamār and Koshta.
Mahanti.—A synonym for the Karan or writer caste of Orissa. A section of Chasa.
Mahāpātra.—A subdivision of degraded Brāhmans who take funeral gifts. An honorific title of Thānapati and of Uriya Brāhmans. A subcaste of Bhāt.
Mahār.—A caste. A subcaste of Balāhi and Gondhali. A section of Rawat in Raigarh.
Mahārāj.—(Great king.) A title of Brāhmans.
Mahūrāna.—Synonym of Chitāri.
Mahārāshtra or Marāthe.—One of the five orders of Pānch Dravida Brāhmans inhabiting the Marātha country. They are also called Dakshini Brāhmans. A subcaste of Kumhār, Kāsar and Lohār.
Mahedia.—A section of Basors who worship pounded rice mixed with curds.
Mahenga.—(An elephant.) A totemistic sept of Rautia and Kawar in Bilāspur.
Maheshri.—Subcaste of Baina.
Mahili.—Synonym for Māhli.
Mahipia.—(A drinker of curds.) A subsection of the Viswāl section of Koltas.
Mahisur.—(Lord of the earth.) A synonym of Brāhmans.
Mahli-Munda.—Subcaste of Mahli.
Mahobia.—(From the town of Mahoba in Central India.) A subcaste of Barai, Chamār, Dāngi, Ghasia, Khangār and Mahār. A section of Dāngi, Kumhār and Kori.
Mahoda.—A subdivision of Brāhmans in Jubbulpore.
Mahore, Mahure.—A subcaste of Bania, Kori, Kumhār and Kalār.
Mahrātta.—Synonym of Marātha.
Māhto, Māhton.—A chief or village headman. Subcaste and title of Teli and Khairwār; title of the leader of the Bhuiya caste. A section of Gānda and Rāwat (Ahīr).
Mahur.—(Poison.) A subcaste of Sunārs in Chhindwāra.
Mahure, Mahuria.—(From Mahur, a town in Hyderābād.) Subcaste of Barhai and Dhangar.
Mai.—(Mother.) A division of the Kabīrpanthi sect.
Maichhor.—A small clan of Rājpūts. Perhaps from Maichuri in Jaipur.
Mailwār.—(Dirty.) A group of Sunārs in Raipur.
Maina.—Synonym of Mina.