They live outside the village, and their touch is considered to convey pollution.
_Madhavacharya_ .-- A Vishnuite sect and order of religious mendicants.

See Bairagi.
_Madhyanjan, Madhyandina_ .-- A class of Brahmans, the same as the Yajur-Vedis, or a section of them.
_Madia_ .-- A class of Gonds in Bastar.
_Madpotwa_ .-- (One who distils liquor.) Subcaste of Teli.
_Madrasi_ .-- Subcaste of Dhobi.
_Magadha_ .-- A subcaste of Ahir or Rawat in Chhattisgarh, who ask for food from others and do not cook for themselves.
_Magar, Magra_ .-- A sept of Khangar, Ahir or Rawat, Gond and Chadar.
_Magida_ .-- Synonym of Madgi.
_Mahabrahman_ .-- A degraded class of Brahmans who accept gifts for the dead.
_Mahadeva Thakur_ .-- (Lord Mahadeo.) A section of Mali.
_Mahajalia_ .-- (Deceitful.) A section of Lohar.
_Mahajan_ .-- A banker.

Title of the Bania caste.
_Mahakul_ .-- Synonym for Ahir.
_Mahalodhi_ .-- (Great Lodhi.) Subcaste of Lodhi.
_Mahanadiya_ .-- (Those who came from the Mahanadi river.) A subcaste of Lodhi.

A section of Ganda, Ghasia and Panka.
_Mahant_ .-- Chief of a _math_ or monastery.

A superior class of priest.