Caste and Race in India c22.28

c22.28

Paes Domingos, on Brahmin traders and cultivators, 100 Paijavana, munificence of, 56 Pākayajñas, 50 Pakhah Rajputs, caste council of, 151 Pallans, caste, 10 Pali texts, 76, 143 Palli, caste, 10, 110 Pan, caste, 109 Pañchagavya, 80, 93 Pañchajanāḥ, 48 Pañchala Brahmins, 110 Pañchamas, 10; see untouchables Pañchaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa: on four orders of society, 40; on extreme sanctity of Brahmin, 42; on capital punishment for Brahmin, 43; on alleged low birth of Vatsa, 44; on main duty of Śūdra, 40 Panchayat (governing body of a caste), 3, 4, 177, 178, 180; offences tried by, 3, 4; punishments awarded by, 4; see Standing councils of caste Panda Brahmins, 100