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Jangamas ; and the descendants of these never marry with the CHAPTER 
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laity, although among themselves they lose all former distinctions, 
Each of these six tribes are again divided into Go trams, and a man Aug. 1 — 6 , 
and woman of the same Gbtram can never marry. The Go trams of 
the Curmna are sixty-six in number. They may marry as many 
wives as they please ; but cannot divorce them, except for adultery; 
and it is not unusual for a husband to keep his wife after she has 
been guilty of this crime. Women are marriageable even after the 
age of puberty ; and widows may live with a man in a kind of 
left-hand marriage, and be called Cutigas, or concubines ; but both 
the man with whom they live, and their children, are considered as 
legitimate. If a woman leaves her husband, and cohabits with ano- 
ther man of the same cast, she is called a Hadra ; but her children 
are not disgraced. Any woman, even an unmarried one, who has 
connexion with a man of a strange cast, is excommunicated. A 
widow ought to bury herself alive in her husband’s grave; but the 
custom has become entirely obsolete. The people of this cast eat 
no animal food, nor drink any intoxicating liquor. They never take 
the vow of Ddseri. They are allowed to read all the books belong- 
ing to the sect, among which they do not reckon the Vedas. They 
wear the Linga, and their adorations are principally directed to 
that emblem of Siva. Their women offer fruit and flowers to Ma- 
rina, and the other Saktis; but this is not done by the men. They 
do not believe in the Virika , or spirits of chaste men. Their Gurus 
are the same with those of the Pancham Banijigaru ; the five chief 
thrones being called Paravutta at Humpa , Verupacshy near the Tun- 
gabhadra river, Hujiny , Balahully, and Nidamavudy. Their lay fol- 
lowers of this cast these Gurus make what is called Detcha. The 
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Detcha. having shaved and washed his head, is instructed in some 
Mantrams , or forms of prayer, which are in the vulgar tongue, but 
which, like the Upaclesa of the Brahmans , are kept a profound se'cret. 
The Guru then bestows on the Detcha some consecrated herbs and 
water, and the Detcha in return gives him some money. This 
