Indian Antiquary Vol 32

SR No.: 032524
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 550
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
Kastori, in Dera Ismail Khan, said to avoid the use of musk, kastúrt.
Chutâni, bat: a child was nce attacked by bats, which, however, left him uninjured. The section worships bats' nests (charuchittf) at marriages.
Mongi, a kind of tree, Hissår.
Galar, squirrel, Multan.
Palreja, a kind of plant, Multan.
Taneja, tirn, a kind of grass, Multan and Montgomery.
Rajputs.-The Kingrå Rajpâts have a sept or called Samakri, from sami, a tree which is
MAnak-talia: a section which reverences the worshipped, and never cut or injured by them. tilt, or shisham, tree.
In Gujrat there is a Chûhâ section of the Ranjhas. The name appears to mean 'rat.'
Tareja, tarri, a gourd: their ancestor once. had to conceal himself among gourds, and they do not eat gourds.
Kataria, katur, dagger, Multan. This section has a legend that a dagger fell from a well amongst a number of children who were playing beneath it, but did not hurt them. Hence the section became known as Katârif, and worships the dagger, putting flowers before it at marriages.
Makar, locust, Gujrât. Machhar, mosquito, Gujrât. Hans, goose, Montgomery. Lamar, fox, Montgomery.
Menda (P), ram, Montgomery; or Mindha, long-haired, Montgomery.
Babbar. (?) Montgomery. Kathpal, wood or timber, Montgomery. Gâbâ (?), a calf.
With regard to the sections mentioned as existing in Dera Ismail Khan, it is distinctly Said that each shows reverence to the animal or plant after which it is named, thinking it sacred. The animal is fed, and the plant not ent or. injured. The Chawalas, however, do not. abstain from using rice, or show it any respect..
In Multan the Melindiratta sbstain from the use of henna. The Kûkar will not est fowls, but for the last 10 or 12 years the Mehndiratta have also refused to eat them. The Taneja abstain from eating gourds (P tarl) in Multan, or at least their women do (Montgomery).
Bhatia. Among this caste we find-(1) Dhagge, bullock. (2) Chabbak, called Billikut, or catkiller.
[APRIL, 1903.
Banias. Here we find Bansal, from báis, bamboo. They never burn the bamboo: (but the bamboo is an unlucky wood and not used in building generally). Kânsal is from kans, a grass.
Jats. The Bagri Juts of the South-East Panjab have certain sections named:
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Karir, a tree. Kohår, a hatchet. Waibri, a young heifer. Bandâr, monkey. Gidar, jackal. Also Kataria, sword, and 1 Gandasia, axe, Pipla, pipal, and Jandia, jand tree, in Tahsil Hansi.
The Jats and other tribes of the South-West. Panjab, now almost exclusively Muhammadans, which occupy much the same tract of country as the Hindu Arorås, have quite a remarkable number of totem septs:
Gurâhâ, horse, because they received as much land as a horse could compass in a day.
Khar, (Pers.) donkey; the name is accounted for by a story.
Kahal, kaht or khail, a weed: this tribe is found in Bahawalpur, and is an off-shoot of the religious sect or order of the Chishtis. The story is that a child was born to a Chishti by the Indus close to a place where kahf grew, This tribe is quite distinct from the Kihal.
Kihal, a tribe of fishermen, Imam Shafi Muhammadans, who eat alligators, etc., and derive their name from Sindhi kehara, lion.
Makora, a large ant. These Jats throw sesamum and sugar on the ground near the holes of these ants.
Ruhar, wild-duck. Multani Glossary, page 146.
Khaggi, kind of fish so called because Jalalu d-din Khaggå, their ancestor, saved a boat-load of people from drowning. This tribe cures hydrophobia by blowing on the patient.
Saihar, hare, in Dera Ghazi Khan: do not eat or injure the hare.
Said to be Mili sections also. Mr. J. G. Delmeriak onos found that a mali refused to sow the chickinda or snake-gourd because his gut was Chichinda.