1836.] An account of the Maun Bhows* Ti 



nister to a Rajah of Devvgir (the present Doulutabad) having 

 attempted to suppress the sect of Maun Bhow heretics when 

 they first made their appearance at the town of Pytun on the 

 (joodavery. The/^hieT MhlTtTs^ekTiTg i :ig t o^thc^-fateimt 

 are^at Rood'hpoor or Reed'hpoor a town about twenty-five 

 miles east of'Elichpoor in Berar : the Maun Bhows venerate 

 this place as much as other Hindoos do Benares. The two 

 spiritual brothers Kuveesswurbas and Oopaadbas established, 

 then* Mhutts here : and from these two collateral stocks, the 

 following branches have sprung : — > 



From the Kuveesswurbas. From the Oopaadbas 



The Durriahpoorkur. , , ... The Patoorkur 



.„ Ballapoorkur .' „ Dharashookut 



„ Edoonashy , . , . „ Waiedeshkur 



„ Amhykur. . . Sookenykur 



„ Khomnykur „ Beerkur 



„ Kuppattykur „ Bhojnay 



„ Punjabby „ Sewrykur 



„ Akoolnairkur 

 Again, — from these fifteen branches, or villies as they are 

 termed by themselves, numerous other ramifications have 

 diverged — besides the two chief Mhutts at Rood'hpoor there 

 are five minor ones there — the Rassygaunkur, the Balla- 

 poorkur, and Durriahpoorkur, likewise the Beerkur, the 

 Tullykur and the Paunch Rah out. It is quite evident that 

 the name given to each Mhutt was that of the district or vil- 

 lage from which the founder originally came. The- Paunch 

 Rahout is termed so, from five horsemen that came from 

 some distance to be converted to Maun Bhowism, and who 

 afterwards settled at Rood'hpoor. It is not uncommon for 

 them to apply some familiar term to the shrines in some of 

 the Mhutts such as :— Rajmhurr, Prussund Mhtin, Sheewa 

 Baie, Abbah Sahib, and Babbah Sahib. 



The Mhutts at the following places are reckoned the prin- 

 cipal ones of the sect : — 



1.— Rood'hpoor near Ellichpoor. 



Punchalleshwur near Rakisbhami, 

 Oosswar near Chandore. 

 Beer. 



