[The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) by R.V. Russell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) PART I 162/364
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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