The same means is adopted to prevent the leeches from dying of repletion.

In Gujarat the Jokharas are a branch of the Hajjam or Muhammadan barber caste, [446] and this recalls the fact that the barber chirurgeon or surgeon in mediaeval England was also known as the leech.

It would be natural to suppose that he was named after the insect which he applied, but Murray's Dictionary holds that the two words were derived from separate early English roots, and were subsequently identified by popular etymology.
_Jondhara_ .-- (Indian millet.) A totemistic sept of Korku and Halba.
_Joshi_ .-- (An astrologer.) A caste.

A surname of Karhara Brahmans.
_Juthia_ .-- (One who eats the leavings of others.) Subcaste of Basor.
_Jyotishi_ .-- A synonym for Joshi; an astrologer.
_Kabiraya_ .-- (Followers of Kabir.) A subcaste of Kori.

A section of Koshti.
_Kabirpanthi_ .-- A member of the Kabirpanthi sect.