Volume 4 — Wāghya
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Wāghya mendicants
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · This article is partly based on a paper by Pandit Pyāre Lāl Misra, ethnographic clerk.Note 2 · Vol. xx. pp. 189–190.Note 3 · Bombay Gazetteer; vol. xxii. p. 212.Note 4 · The following description of the dedication of children to Khandoba is taken from the Bombay Gazetteer2. When parents have to dedicate a boyNote 5 · A man who takes a vow to become a Wāghya must be initiated by a guru, who is some elder member of the order. The initiation takes place earlNote 6 · Yerūkala.—A vagrant gipsy tribe of Madras of whom a small number are returned from the Chānda District. They live by thieving, begging, fort