Chapter XXVII: Part 27

[588] H. V. Nanjundayya, loc. cit.

[589] H. V. Nanjundayya, loc. cit.

[590] Tribes and Castes of the North-West Provinces, iii. 316.

[591] This article is largely based on a monograph contributed by Mr. H. R. Crosthwaite, Assistant Commissioner, Hoshangabad, and contains also extracts from a monograph by Mr. Ganga Prasad Khatri, Forest Divisional Officer, Betul, and from the description of the Korkus given by Mr. (Sir Charles) Elliott in the Hoshangabad Settlement Report (1867), and by Major Forsyth in the Nimar Settlement Report (1868-69).

[592] Risley's Tribes and Castes of Bengal, Appendix V.: Korwa.

[593] See also art. Kol.

[594] The local term for the god Siva.

[595] Bauhinia Vahlii.

[596] Bassia latifolia, Buchanania latifolia, Gmelina arborea and Sterculia urens.

[597] Nearly 3 1/2 tons.

[598] Paspalum scrobiculatum, Panicum psilopodium, Coix Lachryma, Eleusine coracana, Saccharum officianarum, Setaria italica, Oryza sativa.

[599] Eugenia jambolana.

[600] Makyatotha, Jondhratotha, Dharsiima, Changri, Lobo, Khambi, Dagde, Kullya, Bursuma and Killibhasam.

[601] Zizyphus jujuba.

[602] The tiger-god.

[603] The above passage is taken from Mr. (Sir Charles) Elliott's Hoshangabad Settlement Report written in 1867. Since that time the belief in the magical powers of the Bhumka has somewhat declined.

[604] A small measure for grain.

[605] Most of the information in this paragraph is taken from Mr. Ganga Prasad Khatri's Report.

[606] Boswellia serrata.

[607] This article is based on Colonel Dalton's account of the tribe and on notes by Mr. N. T. Kunte, Jailor, Sarguja, and Mr. Narbad Dhanu Sao, Assistant Manager, Uprora.

[608] Ethnology of Bengal, p. 221.

[609] Shorea robusta.

[610] Dalton, loc. cit. p. 229.

[611] Ethnology of Bengal, p. 228.

[612] Ethnology of Bengal, pp. 228, 229.

[613] Bauhinia Vahlii.

[614] Believed to be some kind of vulture.

[615] This article is based on a good paper by Mr. Raghunath Waman Vaidya, schoolmaster, Hinganghat, and others by Mr. M. E. Hardas, Tahsildar, Umrer, and Messrs. Aduram Chaudhri and Pyare Lal Misra of the Gazetteer Office.

[616] V. Nanjundayya, Monograph on the Sale Caste (Mysore Ethnographical Survey).

[617] With this may be compared the tradition of the sweeper caste that winnowing fans and sieves were first made out of bones and sinews.

[618] Kitts, Berar Census Report (1881), p. 127.

[619] Bauhinia Rusa.

[620] Sir H. Risley's Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Tanti.