Note 22 — G

Gandhi (Sanskrit, gandhika, gandha “perfume”), the manufacturer of incenses and perfumes.—“The tendency to supplant Hindustâni by Persian words has given rise to the use of many other terms—’Itrfarosh, Khushbusâz, ’Itrsâz, and ’Attâr used in a perverted sense.”22 They are both Shaikh and Sayyid Musalmâns, who marry only among themselves. Some of the more advanced follow the Musalmân rules of exogamy, but among those who live much with Hindus there is a tendency to revert to the recognised Hindu formula, and they will not marry the daughter of the uncles or aunts on both sides. The final Census Returns include a number of sections which, however, do not appear to influence marriage. These are among the Hindu branch, which is not separately marked off in the returns, Dinâr: and among the Muhammadans Deswâli, Gandhikâr, Jagbasa, Kapariya, Kanju, Shaikh, Sadîqi, Sikhri, and Unta. They believe themselves to be descended from two ancient worthies, Shaikh Sana and Shaikh Zainuddîn, to whom at various seasons of the year they make offerings of food and sweetmeats. In the Eastern Districts they look on Jaunpur as their head-quarters. Widow-marriage is forbidden. Marriage is performed in the forms known as shâdi or charhauwa, and the dola, but by the Musalmân ritual women of other castes are admitted by reading passages of the Qurân over them and making them eat the leavings of a Gandhi. Wives are divorced for adultery, but the custom of wives divorcing their husbands is unknown.