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A subcaste of Panka and Agharia.
A class of Bairagis or religious mendicants. _Kabra_ .-- (Spotted.) One of the 72 1/2 sections of Maheshri Bania. _Kabutari_ .-- (Pigeon.) A synonym for Kolhati.
A name given to female dancers of the Nat caste. _Kabutkunia_ .-- (Those who find place at the corner of the door.) A subcaste of Sudh in Sambalpur, being the illegitimate issues of the Baro Sudh subcaste. _Kachara_ .-- Synonym of Kachera. _Kachchhi_ .-- (From Cutch in Gujarat.) A subdivision of Balmiki Kayasths and Mathur Kayasths. _Kachhap_ .-- (Tortoise.) A totemistic sept of Agharia, Sudh, Bhulia, Chasa, Kamar and Khandait. _Kachhotia_ .-- Subcaste of Jadam. _Kachhutva_ .-- (The tortoise.) A totemistic sept of several groups of Gonds, also of Darzi, Halba, Kol, Rawat, Munda, Jat, Kachhi and Lohar. _Kachhwaha_ .-- (The tortoise.) One of the thirty-six royal races of Rajputs, the princes of Jaipur or Amber being of this clan.
They derive the name from Cutch, or from Kush, an eponymous ancestor.
A section of Nandbansi Ahir, Gadaria, Kachhi and Nat.
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