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The Religious Life of India. The Chamars

1920

The Chamars of the north-west have been influenced by the superstitions of the Punjab while those to the east reflect the peculiar beliefs of the Vindhyas. [...] The wm leather (hide) charman charma is known in both the older and the later portions of the Rig Veda ' in the Atharva Veda ' in the books of the Yajur Vedic schools ' in the Brahmanas 8 and in the later literature.' In these books we find references to the thong yoktra '° used for yoking the chariot or cart ; the bow-string jya made of ox-hiden ; reins of leather ; leather bags ' driti a [...] According to Hopkins ' the VaiSya (the people-caste) and the Sadra (the serving-caste) formed the strata between the ruling and priestly castes on the one hand and the helots (the most depressed classes the outcastes the Dasyu) on the other. [...] See Risley Peoples of India p. 121."THE CASTE 21 according as he is counted alone or with the Mochi ; in the Central Provinces he is the third caste ; in the Central India Agency the second with the Brahman first ; in the Punjab he is the fourth or the third if the Mochi be counted while the Jat is the first and the Rajput second ; in Rajaputana he is third with the Jat first and the Brahm [...] Numerically they are strongest in the Gorakhpur and Bast; Districts ; but taken in proportion to the rest of the population they are the largest element in the community in Saharanpur and in the remainder of the Meerut Division.
philosophy religion
Pages
280
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141918
Segment Pages Author Actions
Author’s Preface
1-10 Geo.W Briggs view
Chapter I. The Caste
11-34 unknown view
Chapter II. Social and Economic Life
35-59 unknown view
Chapter III. Domestic Customs: Birth
60-71 unknown view
Chapter IV. Domestic Customs: Marriage
72-98 unknown view
Chapter V. Domestic Customs: Death: Miscellaneous
99-120 unknown view
Chapter VI. The Spirit World
121-157 unknown view
Chapter VII. The Mysterious
158-197 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Higher Religion
198-223 unknown view
Chapter IX. The Outlook
224-247 unknown view
Appendix A
248-255 unknown view
Appendix B
256-260 unknown view
Appendix C
261-262 unknown view
Glossary
263-265 unknown view
Index
266-268 unknown view

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