5. Social status.
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Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
The Gārpagāris eat flesh and drink liquor. They will take cooked food from a Kunbi, though the Kunbis will not take even water from them. They are a village menial caste and rank with others of the same position, though on a somewhat lower level because they beg and accept cooked food at the weddings of Kunbis. Their names usually end in nāth, as Rāmnāth, Kisannāth and so on.
Source notes
1 Based on notes taken by Mr. Hīrā Lāl at Chānda and the notices of the Gārpagāri in the District Gazetteers.
2 Village watchman.
3 Dr. Jevons, Introduction to the History of Religion, p. 171.
4The Golden Bough, 2nd ed. vol. i. p. 68, quoting from French authorities.