[19] Ind. Ant. xv. p. 15.
[20] In Sir G. Grierson’s account the Bhojpuri version is printed in the Nāgari character; but this cannot be reproduced. It is possible that one or two mistakes have been made in transliteration.
[21] Quoted in Mr. Crooke’s article on Dom.
[22] Gayer, Lectures, p. 59.
[23] Gunthorpe, p. 81. Mr. Kennedy says: “Sānsia and Beria women have a clove (lavang) in the left nostril; the Sānsias, but not the Berias, wear a bullāq or pendant in the fleshy part of the nose.”
[24] Gayer, l.c. p. 61.
[25] Crooke, l.c. para. 3.
[26] In a footnote Mr. Nesfield states: “The Kanjar who communicated these facts said that the child used to open out its neck to the knife as if it desired to be sacrificed to the deity.”
[27] Butea frondosa.
[28] It is not, I think, used for weaving now, but only for stuffing quilts and cushions.