The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1

by R. V. Russell

[223] Dr. A.H. Keane, The World’s Peoples, p. 138.

[224] Mr. L.D. Barnett’s Antiquities of India, p. 171.

[225] The Golden Bough, 2nd ed. vol. i. pp. 234, 235.

[226] Ibidem, vol. ii. pp. 9, 10.

[227] Other features of the sacramental rite, strengthening this hypothesis, are given in the article Kabīrpanthi Sect. The account is taken from Bishop Westcott’s Kabīr and the Kabīrpanth.

[228] See articles Dewar, Bhunjia, Gauria, Sonjhara, Malyār.

[229] Some instances are given in the article on Kalār and on Rājpūt, para. 9.

[230] Dr. A.H. Keane, The World’s Peoples, pp. 129, 130.

[231] Para. 11.

[232] For further notice of Vishnu and Siva see articles Vaishnava and Saiva sects; for Devi see article Kumhār, and for Kāli, article Thug; for Krishna, article Ahīr; for Ganpati, article Bania.