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

PART I
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In Betul the members of this sept do not eat or kill a goat or sheep, and throw away any article smelt by one.
_Kumarshishta_ .-- A section of Komti.

They do not use _mehndi_ or henna leaves.
_Kumbhar_ .-- (Potter.) Marathi synonym for Kumhar.

A section of Ganda and Bhulia.
_Kumbhoj_ .-- (Born of a pitcher, a Rishi or saint.) An eponymous section of Agharia.
_Kumbhira_ .-- (Crocodile.) A totemistic sept of Bhulia.
_Kumbhwar_ .-- (_Kumbh_, a pot.) A surname of Gandli in Chanda.
_Kumharbans_ .-- (Descended from a potter.) A section of Ghasia.
_Kumrayete_ .-- (_Yete_, a goat.) A sept of the Uika clan of Sahdeve or six-god Gonds in Betul.

They do not eat goats, and are said to have offered human sacrifices in ancient times.
_Kunbi_ .-- A caste.

Subcaste of Dangri, Gondhali and Maratha.
_Kumrawat, [461] Patbina, Dangur_ .-- A small caste of _san_-hemp growers and weavers of sacking.


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