This custom is common to some other castes of mixed descent, and indicates that illicit connections are frequent among the Malyars, as indeed would necessarily be the case owing to the paucity of their numbers.

But their memories are short, and the offspring of such irregular unions are recognised as belonging to the caste after one or two generations.

An outsider belonging to any higher caste may be admitted to the community.

The caste worship Mata Devi or the goddess of smallpox, and revere the spirit of a Malyar woman who became a Sati.

They have learned as servants of the Sunars the rudiments of their art, and manufacture rough ornaments for the primitive people of Bastar.
_Mana Ojha_ .-- Subcaste of Ojha.
_Mandal_ .-- (A name for a prosperous cultivator in Chhattisgarh.) A section of Chamar and Panka.