Later Mughals v2.c15.9

v2.c15.9

The derivation of the name Bundela is disputed. The Bundelas themselves connect it with their tutelary deity, Bindhbasini Devi, the goddess whose temple is at Bindhachal, a spur of the Vindhya range jutting out towards the Ganges a few miles to the west of Mirzapur. The Muhammadans solve the problem by saying that the root of the word Bund is a mere corruption of the Persian banda, a slave, and that the clan sprang from the issue of a slave-girl. Another attempt at an etymology refers the word to Bund, the Hindi for a "drop of liquid" and a story is told connecting the name with the drops of blood in the sacrifices offered to the goddess, Bindhbasini Devi.*