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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
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MISCELLANEA. TRACES OF TOTEMISM IN THE PANJAB. who had a kardki, or iron-pan, tied to (P in (Continued from p. 204.)
front of) her abdomen and asked him if she II.
would give birth to a boy or a girl. The Rishi A FEW more instances of totem-names have replied chhuh'!, whereupon the iron-pan adhered been obtained.
to her body and had to be filed off. The filings 1. In the South-East Panjab there are four gols
were thrown into the Jampf, and when the Råjor sections, found among the Jat, Rajput, and
pate bathed in that river they were all killed by NA (barber) castes,' which are thus named :
the patérå trees which had grown from the filings.
Only one woman remained alive, and she was Caste. Gót and meaning of name.
pregnant, so she went to the Rishi with a lamb Jat and Rejpat ... Ohhőkar, a kind of tree.
in her lap and asked the same question as Jat and Nai (barber)... Banbhairon (ban, cotton
before, and received the same reply. She asked plant).
a second time, "god ka, pat kap" - "is it in the Jat ... ... ... Karelni, from Karyal, & kind of tree.
stomach or in the lap P" and the Bishi replied,
"god ka” (in the lap), whereupon the lamb died. » - ... ... Panwar, panuár, a kind of vegetable.
Her son, when born, became therefore known as The Rajpat Chhokars, however, do not believe Ohhuhkar or Chhokar, and this gót of the that their got is in any way connected with the Rajpata does not kill or eat sheep, because it tree of that name, while the Nal Banbhairon regards a sheep as its origin. attribute their name to Bhairon, the god whom they reverence.
2. The Arors have two gôts, (i) Chikur,
& sub-section of the Sachdeos, 80 called because These four Jat góts, on the other hand, do not cut or injure the plants and trees after
on a marriage in that section sweetmeats were as
plentiful as mud (chur), and (ii) Narola, from which they are each named, though other
wirály, unique,' so called because once a snake gots do bo, bocause they consider them to be
got into the churn when a woman was making their origin, and it would be a bad omen to cut
butter, so the men of this section never churn, or burn them. Hence each got reverences or wor
though its women may. A third section is called ships the plant or tree after which it is named.
Rihani, because one of its members once received A folk-etymology. It should, however, be
a faqfr cordially, and the faqir blessed him, added that the Ohhokar Rajpats give the fol
saying he should prosper like basil (réhánh). lowing explanation of their name:
Once upon a time the R&jpats wanted to put a Rishi to the test, so they took a woman to him
H. A. Roge. NOTES AND QUERIES. THE LEGEND OF BANÁSUR.
YAM. (A Note on Sir R. Temple's "Legends of the Panjab,"
HERE is some fresh evidence for the history of Vol. II. p. 385.) 1. ACCORDING to the legend, Bini Sur, or this word: vide Yule, Hobson-Jobson, s. v. "the hero Bånd," had four sons: - Kachhrij, Udayhet," Sangramjft, and Chandarbhån. It is
1711. On si nourrit de fruits, de poissons et de perhaps worth noting that the inhabitants of three
racines fort insipides appelées ignames. Lettres
Edifiantes. Pere Faure's letter from the Nicobars, villages, Saungara (P Sangrama), Bhaba, and
dated 17th Jan., 1711. Jagawan in Tahsil Rampur of the Bashahr State still worship images of the three sons of Bana,
1711. Les insulaires vinrent dans quatorze who were killed in the fight with Krishnaji.
canota nous apporter des ignames, des cocos et 2. The Kanata on the confines of Tibet are
quelques poules pour les échanger contre de tabac called Jad Kanêts. They are less striot about
en feuilles. Lettres Edifiantes. Pere Taillandier's food and personal cleanliness than other Kanota,
letter, dated from the Nicobars, 20 Feb., 1711. and eat the flesh of the chamar or saragai (yak). Are these the Jadus of the legend P It is hardly possible, but the coincidence is a little curious.
R. O. TEMPLE. H. A. Ross. * Pp. 365, 379, 388, 393.
• Alao on led Bandaar's direden (p. 885).
