A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.58

v1.c7.58

[These names, according to modern spelling, are: 1. Karhāda, 2. Yajūrvēdī or Mādhyāndin, 3. Kanva or Kannava, 4. Devrūkhe, 5. Kirvant or Krāmavant, 6. Shēnvī or Gāud Sarasvat, 7. Tirgul (regarded as degraded Deshasths and Shēnvīs, and now occupied as betel-vine growers in Ahmadnagar and Poona Districts and Kolhāpur State) and 8. Savvashe or Savasha (also said to have been degraded owing to intermarriage with low-caste women). For details of these sections of Brahmans see Wilson, Indian Caste, 1877, vol. ii, pp. 21ff. The Karhādas are so called from the town of Karād (old name, Karahātaka) in Sātāra District. They are stated to have been addicted to human sacrifice in the eighteenth century (see also Forrest’s Selections (Maratha Series) I, Appendix D, footnote 2; and Enthoven, Folk-Lore Notes, vol. ii, pp. 80, 81. Besides these sections mentioned by the author, Wilson includes among Marāthī-speaking Brahmans the Pādhyes and Pālshes of the North Konkan, the Jāvales of the South Konkan, and several unrecognized sections.]