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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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A subdivision of Audhia Sunar.

A section of Kewat.
_Kasarwani_ .-- A subcaste of Bania.
_Kasaundhan_ .-- A subcaste of Bania.
_Kasda_ .-- (One who hides himself in the bed of the river.) A sept of Korku; a man of this sept has the privilege of directing the ceremony for the readmission of an outcaste.
_Kasdhonia_ .-- A subcaste of Dhimar.

They wash the sand in the sacred rivers for coins thrown there by pilgrims, and dive into water to find lost ornaments or gold.
_Kasera_ .-- Synonym of Kasar.
_Kashi_ .-- (Benares.) A section of Agharia, Ahir, Dhuri, Kewat, Kurmi and Mali.
_Kashyap_ .-- Name of a famous Rishi or saint.

The name may perhaps be really derived from _kachhap_, a tortoise.

One of the common eponymous sections of Brahmans.


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