1890.] P. N. Bose — Ghhattisgar : notes on its tribes, sects and castes. 285 
(20) KuroH. 
(21) Tumrekke. 
(22) Selam. 
(23) Etti. 
(24) Otti. 
V. Worshippers of seven Deities. 
(25) Kunjam. 
(26) Marai (Mara = tree). 
(27) Dlmrua. 
(fee. 
It would be interesting to know the signification of these terms. 
The meanings of a few 1 could gather are given. It will be seen that 
they refer to some tree, or animal. The names of some of the special 
gods of the five groups jnst mentioned have been given before. They 
refer mostly to animals, such as the crocodile, the bull, the tiger &c. 
The gots into which the worshippers of the three deities (which are 
the bull, the tiger, and the alligator) are divided are what are called 
Bhaibunds, and they cannot intermarry ; they must form alliances with 
other gots. Similarly the worshippers of the four deities are Bhaibunds ; 
and so on. It is interesting to note in this connection, that the 
“ Kols are subdivided into two or three hundred groups each of which 
is called after an animal or a tree; and the rule is that a member of a 
particular animal group, such as the snakes, the tortoises, the eels, or the 
mangooses, may not marry within that group.”* 
Select Vocahulary. 
English oe Hindi. 
Qondi. 
Eemarks. 
a) Cereals &c. 
Wheat 
gok 
Peas 
batrala 
Ashar 
raliari 
Appears to be a corruption of the 
IJrid 
pupul 
Hindi word. 
Kodo 
koda 
Gram 
nadai 
Arsi 
arsa 
Corruption of Hindi. 
Paddy 
wanji 
Kice 
nuka 
TilH 
nung 
Bread (Ohapati). 
sadi 
Flour 
pindi 
Salt 
naor 
Tobacco 
maku 
Sugarcane 
clauda 
Liquor 
dadugo 
* Abstract of Mr. H. H. Risloy’s paper read before ihe Anthropological Insti- 
tute of London . — Nature for July 31, 1890, p 335. 
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