Bhagti = devotion, faith. The Hindus contrast salvation by bhagti to that by karma, or works. Chaitanza and others were the apostles of bhagti.
Bhásha = the script in which the Hindi language is usually written; the language itself.
Brahmachári = the first stage of the life of a devout Hindu, when he is a celibate student under some teacher or guru.
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Chádar = a cotton or woollen shawl, used as a wrap in the day and a sheet by night.
Chapáti = flat cakes of unleavened bread, cooked over a tauwa, or flat piece of iron.
Chárpár = “the four-legged,” the plain native wooden bedstead.
Chauk = the room which the headman of a village sets apart for the use of the public. Village business and gossip is carried on here, and travellers accommodated.
Chigah = an alarm, sounded by beating a drum in a village, for the arm-bearing population to come out in pursuit of raiders or robbers.