Table of Contents
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
6. The Mādhavachāryas.
7. The Vallabhachāryas.
8. Minor sects.
9. The seven Akhāras.
10. The Dwāras.
11. Initiation, appearance and customs.
12. Recruitment of the order and its character.
13. Social position and customs.
14. Bairāgi monasteries.
15. Married Bairāgis. Balāhi
1. General notice.
2. Marriage.
3. Other customs. Balija
1. Origin and traditions.
2. Marriage.
3. Occupation and social status. Bania
1. General notice.
2. The Banias a true caste: use of the name.
3. Their distinctive occupation.
4. Their distinctive status.
5. The endogamous divisions of the Banias.
6. The Banias derived from the Rājpūts.
7. Banias employed as ministers in Rājpūt courts.
8. Subcastes.
9. Hindu and Jain subcastes: divisions among subcastes.
10. Exogamy and rules regulating marriage.
11. Marriage customs.
12. Polygamy and widow-marriage.
13. Disposal of the dead and mourning.
14. Religion: the god Ganpati or Ganesh.
15. Diwāli festival.
16. Holi festival.
17. Social customs: rules about food.
18. Character of the Bania.
19. Dislike of the cultivators towards him.
20. His virtues.
21. The moneylender changed for the worse.
22. The enforcement of contracts.
23. Cash coinage and the rate of interest.
24. Proprietary and transferable rights in land.