66 ENUMERATION OF ■ 



In Mifhila the additions are fewer, though diftindl 

 families are more numerous: no more than three fir- 

 names are in ufe in that diitrict, f'hdcura, Mifra y and 

 Ojha- t each appropriated in any families. 



The Cay aft* has of Bengal claim defcent from five 

 Cdyaft'bas who attended the priefls invited from Cany a- 

 cubja. Their defcendants branched into eighty-three 

 families, and their precedence was fixed by the fame 

 prince Balla'la Sena, who alfo adjufted the family 

 rank of other clafTes. 



In Benga and Decjhina Rdrd three families of Cdyaft'- 

 bas have pre-eminence ; eight hold the fecond rank.* 

 The Cdyaft'bas of inferior rank generally afTume the 

 addition of Dcifa> common to the tribe of Sudras> in 

 the fame manner as other clafTes have fimilar titles 

 common to the whole tribe. The regular addition to 

 the name of CJhatriya is Verman ; to that of a Vaifya> 

 Gupta ; but the general title of Deva is commonly af- 

 fumed ; and, with a feminine termination, is alfo borne 

 by women of other tribes. 



The 



* Ca'yast'has of Decshina Ra'ra' and Benga. 



Culi'na 3. 



GhdJIia. Vafu, Mitra. 



Vulg. Bo'fe. 



Sanmaulica 8. 



De. Datta, Cara. Palita. 



Sena* Sinha. Dafa. Guha. 



Maulica 72. 



Guhan. Gana, Heda. Huhih, Naga. Bhadrc. 



Soma. Pui. Rudra. Pdla. Aditya, Chandra^ 



Sdnya, or Sain, Sain, &c> 



Sydma 9 &c. 

 Teja 9 &c. 

 Ckdcif &c. 



The others are omitted for the fake of brevity; their names fcl- 

 dom occur in common intercourse, 



