Glossary (continued 1)
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Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
Phurasti.—(A wanderer.) Subcaste of Kaikāri.
Pindāra.—Synonym of Pindāri.
Pindāri.—A caste. Subcaste of Mang.
Pinjāra.—(One who cards cotton.) Synonym of Bahna.
Pipar.—(A tree.) A section of Khatīk and Kalār.
Pipariya.—(From the pīpal tree, or from Piparia, a common place-name derived from the tree.) A clan of Rājpūts in Saugor. A section of Sunārs in Saugor.
Piria.—Subcaste of Kāchhi. From piria, the basket in which they carry earth.
Pīt.—Subcaste of Bhatra.
Pītariya.—(From pītal, brass.) A subdivision of Pardeshi Sunārs in Nāgpur. They practise hypergamy, taking wives from the Sadihe subcaste, and giving daughters to the Srinagariye, Bangar, Mahuwe and Jadiye subcastes.
Pohni.—Subcaste of Jhādi Telenga.
Poiya,—Subcaste of Majhwār.
Polya.—(One who did not take off his turban at the feast.) Title of Hatkar.
Pondro.—(A tree.) One of the six subsepts of the Marai clan of Pathāri Gonds in Khairagarh.
Ponwār.—Synonym of Panwār Rājpūt.
Portai.—(Basket.) A subsept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betūl. They do not kill the tiger or crocodile. A sept of Dhur Gonds.
Potdār.—(A money-tester.) Synonym and title of Sunār. A surname of Karhāra Brāhmans in Saugor.
Potdukh.—(Stomach-ache.) A section of Teli in Chānda.
Potharia.—(One to whom a certain dirty habit is imputed.) Subcaste of Korku.
Potwa.—(A worker in tasar silk.) Synonym for Darzi; a subcaste of Darzi.
Poyām.—(Worshipper of eight gods.) A sept of Pardhān and of Māria Gonds.
Prajapati.—Title of Kumhār.
Prāmara.—Synonym for Panwār Rājpūt.
Prānnāthi.—A follower of Prānnāth of Panna. Synonym for Dhāmi.
Pravar.—A term for the ancestors sharing in a sacrificial invocation, particularly that of the Horn or fire-sacrifice.
Prayāgwāl.—(From Prayāg-Allahābād.) A subcaste of Brāhmans who preside at the ceremonial bathing in the Ganges at Allahābād.
Puār.—Synonym of Panwār Rājpūt.
Pujāri.—(A worshipper.) Name for the priest in charge of a temple. A title of Bhatra.
Purād.—A small mixed caste in Nāgpur. They say that their ancestor was a Brāhman, who was crossing a river and lost his sacred thread, on being carried down in a flood (pūr). Therefore he was put out of caste because the sacred thread must be changed before swallowing the spittle, and he had no other thread ready. At the census the Purāds were amalgamated with Vidūrs. They are shopkeepers by profession.
Purāit.—(One who is of pure blood.) A subdivision of Jharia Rāwat (Ahīr) in Chhattīsgarh. A subcaste of Dhākar, Halba and Marār.
Purānia.—(Old.) A subcaste of Kachera or Sīsgar in Saugor. The Purānias are the Muhammadan bangle-makers who originally practised this calling. A subcaste of Barai, Basor, Nai and Sunār. A section of Chamār and Darzi.
Purbia.—This term, which means eastern or coming from the east, is used in Hoshangābād and other Districts to designate Rājpūts from Oudh and the adjoining tracts, especially retired sepoys from the Bengal army. They appear to belong to different clans, but many of them are Bais Rājpūts. Some of the Purbias say that their king, somewhere in northern India, heard that cows were being killed in the Central Provinces, so he sent them to stop the practice and they came and stopped it and settled there. In Gujarāt this name appears to be applied to Brāhmans. A subcaste of Barhai and Gadaria. A section of Nat and Sunār.
Purkām.—(Purka-pumpkin.) A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betūl.
Purohit.—(Family priest.) A common title of Brāhmans.
Purouti or Pudoti.—(Bowels.) A sept of Gonds in Khairagarh.
Pusām.—(Worshipper of five gods.) A sept of Rāj-Gond and Dhur Gond, and of Baiga and Pardhān.
Putka.—A subcaste of Sudh, being the illegitimate issue of the Dehri Sudhs.
Qawwal.—(One who speaks fluently.) Title of Mirāsi.
Rachhbandia.—(Comb-makers.) A subcaste of Kuchhbandia (Kanjar).
Rāghunāthia.—A small group of Brāhmans, so called because their ancestors are said to have received a grant of five villages from Rāghunāth Deo of Hindoli.
Rāghuvansi.—A caste formed from a Rājpūt clan. See article. A subcaste of Ahīr; a section of Māli and Gond.