1922.] History and Ethnology of N.-E. India. 33 
Dayal elie meaning “the too-broad-minded one’’ by way of 
punishmen 
37. Ni IpAN BakTaBari.—For Nidan vide No. 1. Bakta is 
the Bengali S@, ‘ Religious.’’ Father Menezes was inclined 
to agree ‘with Dr. Wise’s remark that it was a name originally 
“ given to the Secretaries who also acted as catechists in the 
absence of the Pastor.” For further information on Bhaktas 
vide p. 41 of the reprint of Dr. Wise’s POEs and note (2) on 
the same page. 
38. SHvuKkar DacaitBaRi.—tThe first is a Hindu pet name 
from the same root as Shuku, vide No. 20(a). As regards the 
homestead aah the Christians declared that the boy’s ancestor 
was not a dacoit, but that his ancestor was given the name 
because he killed ‘several buffaloes who stra ayed on to his land. 
In Bikrampur generally, Dacait is colloquially used for a. rash 
or headstron 
39. JosEPH KaNsHABARI.—-Kansha was said to be the 
Bengali ‘‘ 4#1”’ “ Khancha,’ a large wooden plate; but it 
seemed to me at the time more likely to mean that the ances- 
tors of this family were braziers (#1, brass). Subsequently I 
learnt that the true derivation was quite different. An ances- 
tress of the family had given birth prematurely to a child on 
the edge of the slope (Kansha, #177) of the earthen mound on 
which the house was erected. The child was given the name 
Kansha with reference to this incident, and it has been kept 
by his ayes ts. 
Lu Davipari.—Gulu is a Musalman name but the 
Christians said that it is a corruption of Golap, vide No. 22. 
The name of the homestead would appear to imply that the 
boy’s ancestor was a shield-bearer, (5tf4, Dhalt) ; especially as a 
leather shield and some old Ramdaos (sw ords) still so te in the 
anteroom of the Priest’s house and are taken o Go 
¥riday for use in the procession on that day. The Christians, 
however, asserted that the name showed that the boy was 
descended from a Dali (ttf), the local name for a superior kind 
of sweeper who supplies plantain leaves for a feast, and clears 
away the refuse afterwards. In poorgreeead yee is identified 
with Beldar (@e"ta), or Muhammadan 
41. Antony AunJu.—Father aiiees informe me that 
the latter was a corruption of the Portuguese name Dos Anjos. 
42. Frextu Karikarpari.—For Felu, hs No. 28. The 
homestead name shows that the boy is descended from a Jola 
or Musalman weaver. Karikar is a title used by men of this 
caste. 
43. Moxra Dart SHANERBARI.—For Mukta, see No. 3. 
Dari Shaner was explained by the Christians as being derived 
from Darikandi (a village name); but it appears more ee. 
to be a compound ~~ the word Dauri that occurs in No. 
and Shona, vide No. 1 
