Volume 2 / Part 2 — Bharbhūnja
Reading edition
1. General notice
2. Social customs.
3. Occupation.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · This article contains some information from a paper by Mr. Gopal Parmanand, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Saugor.Note 2 · Memoirs of the Races of the N.W.P. vol. i. p. 35.Note 3 · Tribes and Castes, art. Bharbhūnja.Note 4 · See article on Kurmi. The remainder of this section is taken from Mr. Gopal Parmanand’s notes.Note 5 · Ibidem.Note 6 · Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Kāndu.Note 7 · Bharbhūnja.1—The occupational caste of grain-parchers. The name is derived from the Sanskrit bhrāstra, a frying-pan, and bhārjaka, one who fNote 8 · The social customs of the Bharbhūnjas resemble those of Hindustāni castes of fairly good position.4 They employ Brāhmans for their ceremonieNote 9 · The Bharbhūnjas occupy a fairly high social position, analogous to that of the Barais, Kahārs and other serving castes, the explanation bein