1890.] P. N. Bose — Ohhatttsgar : notes on its tribes, sects and castes, 289 
guests are given uncooked rice and dal, which they cook separately and 
eat. I learnt from another source, however, that on such occasions the 
male guests would be allowed to eat together, but not the female. All 
the observances of the tribe are evidently meant to preserve great purity 
amongst the fair sex. 
The dead are buried. A hatchet and vessels for drinking water 
are left on the grave. 
I am told, curiously enough, that the gots of the Bhunjiyas are 
similar to those of the Gonds. 
Saonras. 
Distribution . — A branch of the great Savara tribe. Like the Bhun- 
jiyas the Savai’as are found in the south-eastern portion of the district 
of Raijjur. At the last census they numbered 3,849. They are good 
cultivators, and not expert at woodcraft like the Bhunjiyas and the 
Komars. 
Worship.— The Savaras have sthapanas in their houses for Maha- 
lachmi to whom offerings of fowls &c. are made in Chaitra. Dulha 
Deo also is M'orshipped. 
Language . — From their language they appear to he allied to the 
Bhunjiyas. A few English words and their equivalents in the Savara 
tongue are given below. 
Sun 
... bela. 
Rice 
... clial. 
Moon 
... 
.., yon. 
Wild boar ... 
... baraha 
Water 
... 
... pan. 
Pig (domesticate) 
•• ghnsra 
Bird 
... chiri. 
Cloth ... 
... dlmti. 
Tiger 
... bagh. 
Month 
... tund. 
Bear 
... bhalu. 
Tooth 
... dant. 
Dog 
... knkur. 
Son ... 
... pila. 
Cat 
... billi. 
Daughter 
... tngil. 
Cow- 
... gaya. 
Eye 
... Ahkh. 
Paddy 
... 
... dban. 
Nose 
... nak. 
Ceremonies . — The young are buried, and the old cremated ; caste 
people are fed three days after a death. 
Unlike most other tribes iu Chhattisgar, no money present is made 
to the father of the bride. 
Gots : Khutia, Juria, Jhakar, Majhi, &a. 
Komars. 
Distrihition . — These are found in the same parts as the Bhunjiyas 
and numbered 3,641 at the last census. 
Worship . — Dulha Deo, Bhavani, and the Earth, besides Raur 
Gosam and Kachna Dhuma, who are represented by stones put up in 
jungles are venerated. 
