...a Deshasth. Br&hman who goes about levying contributions. He does not settle their social disputes. They believe in sorcery, witchcraft, soothsaying,...omens and lucky and unlucky days, and consult oracles. Their customs do not differ from those of the Poon& Kanaujs. They have a caste council and settle social...

...with the same ceremonies as those performed at the funeral of an Osval Marwari or a Marwdr Brahman. They are bound together by a strong caste feeling, and settle social disputes according to the opinion of their castemen under the presidency of the council or panch. They do not...

...priests belong to their own caste, and they go on pilgrimage to Benares, Nasik, Pandharpur, and Tuljapur. They believe in sorcery, witchcraft, soothsaying,...feeling, and settle social disputes at meetings of caste men, and punish breaches of caste rules by fines varying from one to fifty rupees, which are...

...means by hunting small and large game. They never work as labourers or domestic servants. The Vaidus are bound together by a strong caste feeling and settle social disputes at meetings of the castemen under their headman or Patil, who resides in these dominions and goes every year to meet...