The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume I Part 40

_Kanbajia_ or _Ahirwar._--Same as Kanaujia. Subcaste of Chamar.

_Kanchara._--(A bra.s.sworker.) Subcaste of Kammala.

_Kand._--(Roots or tubers of wild plants.) A section of Raghuvansi Rajputs in Hoshangabad.

_Kanda Potel_.--(One who grows roots.) A section of Mali.

_Kande_.--Subcaste of Bedar.

_Kandera_.--Synonym for Kadera. Subcaste of Bahna.

_Kandh_.--Synonym of Khond. A subcaste of Taonla in Sambalpur.

_Kandhana_.--Subcaste of Khond.

_Kandhia_.--(A big-beaked vulture.) A sept of Dhanwar.

_Kandia_.--(_Kandi_, a sh.e.l.l, also a snake.) A section of Teli in Betul.

_Kandol_.--A subcaste of Brahmans, who take their name from the village Kandol, in Kathiawar.

_Kandra_.--A small caste of bamboo-workers in the Uriya country, akin to the Basors elsewhere. Members of the caste are found in small numbers in the Raipur and Balaghat Districts. The word Kandra may be derived from _kand_, an arrow, just as Dhanuk, often a synonym for Basor, has the meaning of an archer. It is not improbable that among the first articles made of bamboo were the bow and arrow of the forest tribes, and that the bow-maker was the parent of the modern Basor or basket-maker, bows being a requisite of an earlier stage of civilisation than baskets. In Bhandara the Kandras are an offshoot of Gonds. Their women do not wear their cloths over the head, and knot their hair behind without plaiting it. They talk a Gondi dialect and are considered an impure caste.

_Kandu_.--(A grain-parcher.) A synonym and subcaste of Bharbhunja. A subcaste of Halwai.

_Kandua_.--(From _kand_, onion, as they eat onions.) A subcaste of Bharbhunja.

_Kanera_.--(From the _kaner_ tree.) A totemistic section of Ganda and Khangar.

_Kangali_.--(Poor.) A common sept of Gonds.

_Kanhejin_.--Subcaste of Banjara.

_Kanhpuria_.--(From Cawnpore, which was founded by their eponymous hero Kanh.) A clan of Rajputs.

_Kanjar_.--A caste of gipsies. A subcaste of Banjara.

_Kankubja_.--See Kanaujia.

_Kannow_.--A sectarian division of Brahmans.

_Kanphata_.--(One who has his ears bored or pierced.) A cla.s.s of Jogi mendicants.

_Kansari_.--Synonym of Kasar.

_Kanwar_.--Synonym of Kawar.

_Kanwarbansi_.--A subtribe of Khairwar.

_Kaonra_ or _Kora_.--A caste. A subcaste of Ahir.

_Kaore_.--A sept of Gonds. A surname of Maratha Brahmans.

_Kapalia_.--(Covered with skulls.) A section of Telis in Betul.

_Kaparia_.--(From _kapra_ cloth, owing to their wearing several dresses, which they change rapidly like the Bahrupia.) Synonym of Basdewa.

_Kapasia_.--(From _kapas_, cotton.) A section of Mahar.

_Kapdi_.--Synonym of Basdewa.

_Kapur_.--(Camphor.) A section of Khatri.

_Kapuria_.--A subdivision of Arhaighar Saraswat Brahmans in Hoshangabad, probably deriving their t.i.tle from being the priests of the Kapur section of Khatris.

_Karai Nor_.--A section of Basor. They perform the Meher ceremony of eating the marriage cakes near a well and not in the house.

_Karait_.--(A poisonous snake.) A section of Ahir, Halba and Panka.

_Karan_ (Mahanti).--A caste. A subcaste of Kayasth. An eponymous section of Binjhwar and Tanti.

_Karaola_.--(One who pours sesamum oil on his clothes and begs.) Synonym for Jasondhi and Bhat.

_Karbal_.--Subcaste of Khangar.

_Karchuli_.--A clan of Rajputs, formerly a ruling race in the Jubbulpore country. See Rajput-Haihaya. A section of Jos.h.i.+ and Mochi.

_Kare, Karia_.--(Black.) A subcaste of Marar. A section of Binjhwar, Ahir, Chhipa and Lodhi.

_Karela_.--(Bitter gourd.) A section of Sonkar.

_Karhada_.--A subcaste of Maharashtra Brahmans deriving their name from Karhad, near the junction of the Krishna and Koyana rivers, about fifteen miles from Satara.

_Karhaiya_.--(Frying-pan.) A section of Raghuvansi.

_Karigar_.--(A workman.) An honorific t.i.tle of Barhai and Lohar. A subcaste and synonym of Beldar.

_Karijat_.--Subcaste of Pardhi. The members of this subcaste only kill birds of a black colour.

_Karkarkadhe_.--(Stone-diggers.) Subcaste of Mang.

_Karnam_.--Synonym of Karan, a palm-leaf writer.

_Karnata, Karnataka_.--One of the five orders of Panch Dravida or southern Brahmans, inhabiting the Canarese country.

_Karnati_.--(From the Carnatic.) Synonym for a cla.s.s of Nats or acrobats.

_Karohla_.--A religious mendicant who wanders about singing praises of Devi. See Jasondhi.