A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s3.26

v1.c5.s3.26

‘The transitional stage at which groups possess both kuls similar to those which regulate marriage among Marāthās proper and totemistic sections such as we have discovered in the south of the Presidency, is to be observed in such castes as the Marāthā Parīts or washermen. These are divided into kuls bearing the well-known Marāthā kul names of Pawār, Gaikwād, Sūrvē, Dalvē, Kālē, Sālunkē, and Kadam. But to these kuls are attached devaks as follows: