When a man has been cremated his ashes are taken and thrown into a river on the third day.

The chief mourner, after being shaved by his brother-in-law, takes the hair with some copper coins in his hand and, diving into the river, leaves them there as an offering to the dead man's spirit.
_Dolia_ .-- (Palanquin-bearer.) A section of Dhimar.
_Dom_ .-- An important caste in Bengal.

See article Kanjar.

Used as a synonym for Ganda in the Uriya country.
_Domra_ .-- Subcaste of Turi.
_Dongaria_, _Dongarwar_ .-- (From _dongar_, a hill.) A sept of Bhil, Dhobi, Mali, Mang and Sonkar.

A surname of Maratha Brahmans.
_Dora_ .-- (Sahib or Lord.) Title of the Mutrasi caste.
_Dosar_ .-- Subcaste of Bania.
_Dravida_ .-- (Southern.) See Panch-Dravida.
_Dube_ .-- (A teacher and a man learned in two Vedas.) A common surname of Hindustani Brahmans.