arth.

_Pit_.--Subcaste of Bhatra.

_Pitariya_.--(From _pital_, brass.) A subdivision of Pardeshi Sunars
in Nagpur. They practise hypergamy, taking wives from the Sadihe
subcaste, and giving daughters to the Srinagariye, Bangar, Mahuwe
and Jadiye subcastes.

_Pohni_.--Subcaste of Jhadi Telenga.

_Poiya_,--Subcaste of Majhwar.

_Polya_.--(One who did not take off his turban at the feast.) Title
of Hatkar.

_Pondro_.--(A tree.) One of the six subsepts of the Marai clan of
Pathari Gonds in Khairagarh.

_Ponwar_.--Synonym of Panwar Rajput.

_Portai_.--(Basket.) A subsept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betul. They
do not kill the tiger or crocodile. A sept of Dhur Gonds.

_Potdar_.--(A money-tester.) Synonym and title of Sunar. A surname
of Karhara Brahmans in Saugor.

_Potdukh_.--(Stomach-ache.) A section of Teli in Chanda.

_Potharia_.--(One to whom a certain dirty habit is imputed.) Subcaste
of Korku.

_Potwa_.--(A worker in tasar silk.) Synonym for Darzi; a subcaste
of Darzi.

_Poyam_.--(Worshipper of eight gods.) A sept of Pardhan and of
Maria Gonds.

_Prajapati_.--Title of Kumhar.

_Pramara_.--Synonym for Panwar Rajput.

_Prannathi_.--A follower of Prannath of Panna. Synonym for Dhami.

_Pravar_.--A term for the ancestors sharing in a sacrificial
invocation, particularly that of the Horn or fire-sacrifice.

_Prayagwal_.--(From Prayag-Allahabad.) A subcaste of Brahmans who
preside at the ceremonial bathing in the Ganges at Allahabad.

_Puar_.--Synonym of Panwar Rajput.

_Pujari_.--(A worshipper.) Name for the priest in charge of a temple. A
title of Bhatra.

_Purad_.--A small mixed caste in Nagpur. They say that their ancestor
was a Brahman, who was crossing a river and lost his sacred thread,
on being carried down in a flood (_pur_). Therefore he was put out of
caste because the sacred thread must be changed before swallowing the
spittle, and he had no other thread ready. At the census the Purads
were amalgamated with Vidurs. They are shopkeepers by profession.

_Purait_.--(One who is of pure blood.) A subdivision of Jharia Rawat
(Ahir) in Chhattisgarh. A subcaste of Dhakar, Halba and Marar.

_Purania_.--(Old.) A subcaste of Kachera or Sisgar in Saugor. The
Puranias are the Muhammadan bangle-makers who originally practised
this calling. A subcaste of Barai, Basor, Nai and Sunar. A section
of Chamar and Darzi.

_Purbia_.--This term, which means eastern or coming from the east,
is used in