Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t6.10

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⁵ Compare Shah, 70, 114-115 for the stratagem Kabir employed in forcing his initiation into the cult of Ramanand and other references to ‘defilement’ in the Bijak of Kabir. Compare Sircar, 126 for the meeting of Chaitanya with an ‘untouchable’ named Murari who held two blades of grass between his teeth to mark his abject humiliation. When Chaitanya advanced towards him he stepped back shouting, ‘Touch me not Lord, I am a sinner, my body is unworthy of touch’. Compare also the feeling of Malik Muhammad Jaisi, P. 362. For ‘untouchability’ in the Deccan, compare Barbosa, II, 60-70; Varthema, 142; J.R.A.S., 1896, Mahuan’s account, 343.