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nk that the spirit of the dead man will follow them, and will be caught in the net. Then the net is carried away and burnt or buried with the corpse, and thus they think that the spirit is removed and prevented from remaining about the house and troubling the survivors. _Pabeha_.--Synonym for Dhimar. _Pabudia_ or _Madhai_.--A subcaste of Bhuiya. _Pachadhe_.--(Western.)--A subdivision of Saraswat Brahman. _Pachbhaiya_.--(Five Brothers.) A section of Ahir and Audhelia. _Pada_.--(A pig-eater.) A section of Muria Gonds and Pardhans. _Padhan_.--(An Uriya name for a chief or headman of a village.) A section of Bhuiya, Chasa, Dumal, Hatwa, Kolta, Tiyar and other Uriya castes. A title of Chasa and Kolta. _Padmasale_.--Subcaste of Koshti. _Padyal_.--A subtribe of Gond in Chanda. A section of Marori. _Pahalwan_.--A small community numbering about 600 persons in the Bilaspur District and surrounding tracts of Chhattisgarh. The word Pahalwan means a wrestler, but Sir B. Robertson states [477] that they are a small caste of singing beggars and have no connection with wrestling. They appear, however, to belong to the Gopal caste, who have a branch of Pahalwans in their community. And the men returned from Bilaspur may have abandoned wrestling in favour of singing and begging from trees, which is also a calling of the Gopals. They themselves say that their ancestors were Gopals and lived somewhere towards Berar, and that they came to Bilaspur with the Maratha leader Chimnaji Bhonsla. _Pahar_.--Subcaste of Mahli. _Paharia_ or _Benwaria_.--Subcaste of Korwa. _Paik_.--(A foot-soldier.) See Rajput-Paik. _Paikaha_.--(One who follows the calling of curing hides.) Synonym for Chamar. _Paikara_.--(From Paik, a foot-soldier.) Subcaste of Kawar. _Pailagia_.--(Pailagi or 'I fall at your feet,' is a common term of greeting from an inferior to a superior.) Subcaste of Dahait. _Paiyam_.--(From _paiya_, a calf.) A sept of Gonds in Betul. _Pajania_.--(_Paijana_, tinkling anklets.) A section of Kurmi. _Pakhali_.--(From _pakhali_, a leathern water-bag.) Synonym of Bhishti. _Pakhawaji_.--(One who plays on the _pakhawaj_ or timbrel.) Title of Mirasi. _Pakhia_.--(They are so called because they eat the flesh of the _por_ or buffalo.) Subcaste of Khond. _Palas._--(From the _palas_ tree, _Butea frondosa_.) A totemistic sept of Gonds. _Palewar_.--A _gotra_ of Binjhwar; a subcaste of Dhimar found in the Telugu
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