Māng or Māngia.—A caste. Subcaste of Gānda, Gondhali, Bahrūpia.
Mangan.—(From Manghunia, beggar.) A caste.
Mangan.[59]—A small caste found in Chhattīsgarh and Sambalpur who are the musicians and genealogists of the Ghasias. The term is considered opprobrious, as it means ‘beggar,’ and many Mangans probably return themselves as Ghasias. They are despised by the Ghasias, who will not take food or water from them. At the marriages of the former the Mangans play on a drum called ghunghru, which they consider as the badge of the caste, their cattle being branded with a representation of it. The only point worth notice about the caste is that they are admittedly of mixed descent from the unions of members of other castes with Ghasia prostitutes. They have five totemistic exogamous sections, about each of which a song is sung relating its origin. The Sunāni sept, which worships gold as its totem and occupies the highest position, is said to be descended from a Brāhman father and a Ghasia mother; the Sendaria sept, worshipping vermilion, from a Kewat ancestor and a Ghasia woman; the Bhainsa sept, worshipping a buffalo, from a Gaur or Ahīr and a Ghasia; the Mahānadia sept, having the Mahānadi for their totem, from a Gond and a Ghasia woman; while the Bāgh sept, who revere the tiger, say that a cow once gave birth to two young, one in the form of a tiger and the other of a human being; the latter on growing up took a Ghasia woman to himself and became the ancestor of the sept. As might be expected from their ancestry, the Mangan women are generally of loose character. The Mangans sometimes act as sweepers.
Māngta.—(A beggar.) A subcaste of Pāsi in Sangor, who beg from their caste-fellows.
Maniāra.—(A Pedlar.) Subcaste of Jogi.
Manihār.—A caste. The Manihārs are also known as Bisāti. An occupational name of Jogis.
Mānikpuria.—(A resident Mānikpur.) Subcaste of Panka.
Mānjhi.—(Headman.) A synonym of Santāl and Kewat. A section of Chasa, Dhanuhār and Kolta. A title of Chasa.
Manjur.—(Peacock.) A totemistic sept of Munda.
Manjmār.—Term for a boatman. Included in Kewat.