[83] Loha, iron; tamba, copper; kānsa, brass or bell-metal; sona, gold.
[84] Kānch, glass.
[85] Phul, flower; haldi,turmeric; jira, cumin.
[86] Crotalaria juncea. See article Lorha for a discussion of the objections to this plant.
[87] Morinda citrifolia. The taboo against the plant is either because the red dye resembles blood, or because a number of insects are destroyed in boiling the roots to extract the dye.
[88] See article on Brāhman.
[89] Sonjhara is a separate caste as well as a subcaste of Dhīmar.
[90] See article Kurmi, appendix, for some instances of territorial names.
[91] Wilson’s Indian Caste, p. 439.
[92] Vol. i. pp. 272, 276.