The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume I Part 30

_Buchar_.--A corruption of the English word 'butcher.' Subcaste of Khatik in Agra.

_Budalgir_.--(From _budla_, a leathern bag made for the transport and storage of oil and _ghi_ (b.u.t.ter).) Subcaste of Chamar.

_Bukekari_.--(A seller of scented powder _(bukka)_.) Synonym of Atari.

_Bundela_.--A clan of Rajputs of mixed descent. Name probably from the Vindhya hills. A subcaste of Basor. A sept of Manihar and Rawat.

_Bundelkhandi_.--A resident of Bundelkhand. Subcaste of Basdewa, Barai, Basor, Chamar, Darzi, Dhobi, k.u.mhar, Lohar, Nai and Sunar.

_Bundhrajia_.--Subcaste of Kamar.

_Bunkar_.--(A weaver.) t.i.tle of Balahi.

_Burad_.--A synonym for the Basor caste of bamboo-workers. A section of Koshti and Oswal Bania.

_Burthia_.--Subcaste of Charan Banjara.

_Burud_.--(A bamboo-worker.) Synonym for Basor in the Maratha country.

_Butka_.--(One who brings leaves.) Subcaste of Chasa.

_Byahut_.--(Married.) Subcaste of Kalar.

_Chadar_.--A caste. A subcaste of Kori.

_Chakere_.--(One who uses the potter's wheel in localities where other k.u.mhars do not use it.) Subcaste of k.u.mhar.

_Chakla_.--(A professional washerman.) Synonym for Dhobi.

_Chalukya_.--A synonym for Solanki Rajputs. (Perhaps from _chhullu_ or _challu_, hollow of the hand.) A subcaste of Panwar Rajput.

_Chamar, Chamara_.--(From _chamra_, a hide.) The well-known caste of tanners. A subcaste of Banjara, Barhai and Darzi.

_Chamar Gaur_.--(Chamar and Gaur.) A well-known clan of Rajputs. See Rajput-Gaur.

_Chambhar_.--Name of the Chamar caste in Berar.

_Chamra_.--A contemptuous diminutive for the Chamar caste in Chhattisgarh.

_Chandan, Chandania_.--(Sandalwood.) A section of Chamar, Kawar, Khangar and Kurmi.

_Chandel_.--A famous clan of Rajputs. See Rajput-Chandel.

_Chandewar_.--(Belonging to Chanda.) Subcaste of Injhwar.

_Chandi_.--(One who hides behind a fis.h.i.+ng-net.) A sept of Korku.

_Chandra, Chandraha_. (From _chanda_, the moon.) A section of Gujar and Teli.

_Chandravansi_ or _Somvansi_.--(Descended from the moon.) A clan of Rajputs.

_Chandravedi_.--Synonym of Sanaurhia, meaning 'One who observes the moon.'

_Chankhatia_.--A subcaste of Bhuiya and Chamar.

_Channagri_.--A small Jain sect. A subcaste of Bania.

_Chanti_.--Name derived from _chiti_, an ant. Subcaste of Kawar. A section of k.u.mhar.

_Chanwar_.--(Whisk.) A totemistic sept of Kawar and Pabia.

_Charak_.--A subdivision of Maratha Brahman; a section of Brahman.

_Charan_.--Subcaste of Banjara and Bhat. t.i.tle of Bhat in Rajputana.

_Chardeve_.--A clan of Gonds wors.h.i.+ping four G.o.ds and paying special reverence to the tortoise.

_Charghar_.--(Four houses.) A subdivision of Saraswat Brahmans.

_Charnagri_.--A Jain sect or subcaste of Bania.

_Chatrapati_.--(Lord of the umbrella.) t.i.tle of the ancient Indian kings.

_Chatri, Chhatri_.--A common synonym for a Rajput. A subcaste of Bhamta.

_Chaturbhuji_.--(Four-armed.) An epithet of Vishnu. A t.i.tle of the Chauhan clan of Rajputs. A cla.s.s of Bairagis or religious mendicants.

_Chaube, Chaturvedi_.--(From Chaturvedi, or one learned in the four Vedas.) A surname for Kanaujia, Jijhotia and other Hindustani Brahmans. Subcaste of Banjara.

_Chaubhaiya_.--(Four brothers.) A subdivision of Saraswat Brahmans. They take wives from the Athbhaiya subdivision, but do not give girls to them in marriage.

_Chaudhri_, _Chaudhari_, _Choudhri_.--(A headman, the first person.) t.i.tle of Kalar Panwar, Rajput and other castes; t.i.tle of Dhobi, vice-president of the caste committee. A section of Ahir, Maheshri Bania, Gadaria, Gujar, Halba and Marar (Mali). A subdivision of Kapewar.

_Chauhan_.--A famous clan of Rajputs. Name of a low caste of village watchmen in Chhattisgarh, perhaps the illegitimate descendants of Panwar Rajputs.

_Chauka_.--t.i.tle of the Kabirpanthi religious service. The _chauk_ is a sanctified place on the floor of the house or yard, plastered with cowdung and marked out with lines of wheat-flour or quartz-dust within which ceremonies are performed.

_Chaukhutia_.--A term which signifies a b.a.s.t.a.r.d in Chhattisgarh. Subcaste of Bhunjia.

_Chauske_.--Subcaste of Kalar. They are so called because they prohibit the marriage of persons having a common ancestor up to four generations.

_Chaurasia_.--Resident of a Chaurasi or estate of eighty-four villages. Subcaste of Barai and Bhoyar. A section of Dhimar and k.u.mhar. Many estates are called by this name, grants of eighty-four villages having been commonly made under native rule.

_Chawara_, _Chaura_.--One of the thirty-six royal races of Rajputs.

_Chenchuwar_, _Chenchuwad_ or _Chenchu_--A forest tribe of the Telugu country of whom a few persons were returned from the Chanda District in 1911. In Madras the tribe is known as Chenchu, and the affix _wad_ or _wadu_ merely signifies person or man. [434] The marriage ceremony of the Chenchus may be mentioned on account of its simplicity. The couple sometimes simply run away together at night and return next day as husband and wife, or, if they perform a rite, walk round and round a bow and arrow stuck into the ground, while their relations bless them and throw rice on their heads. Each party to a marriage can terminate it at will without a.s.signing any reason or observing any formality. The bodies of the dead are washed and then buried with their weapons.

_Chenr_.--(Little.) Subcaste of Bhand.