GLOSSARY OF VERNACULAR TERMS
S unni
One of the two principal divisions of
Muh amm adan s
Takawan
Takht
Thali
That
(Silver) contribution at a wedding
Lit. ‘throne’. A caste headman
Dish
Lit. ‘frame work’; a name used by hill
Brahmans for their sections
Thok
Lit. ‘company’. Jurisdiction of a caste
council
T ikligar
T ilak
Tirath
Spangde maker
Gift of the dowry
Pilgrimage
Vadhaka
Vaishnava
Vakil
Murderer (Sanskrit)
Worshipper of Vishnu
Lit. ‘attorney or delegate’. A caste
official
Vanap rasta
Varna
Hermit
Lit. ‘colour’; one of the four Aryan
social classes
Varnasankara
Vijaya homa
Vyavastha
One of Manu’s ‘mixed’ castes
Name of a Goshain rite
A declaration of law, a Brahmanical
ruling
Vratya
Vrisala
Name given to certain castes by Manu
Name given to certain castes by Manu
Wajih-ul-arz
Wali
Record of village customs
Guardian (especially in respect of mar-
Wazir
riage)
Lit. ‘minister’. A caste official
Zargar
Zat
Jeweller
Lit. ‘breed’; used for ‘caste’ (Arabic)
S unni
One of the two principal divisions of
Muh amm adan s
Takawan
Takht
Thali
That
(Silver) contribution at a wedding
Lit. ‘throne’. A caste headman
Dish
Lit. ‘frame work’; a name used by hill
Brahmans for their sections
Thok
Lit. ‘company’. Jurisdiction of a caste
council
T ikligar
T ilak
Tirath
Spangde maker
Gift of the dowry
Pilgrimage
Vadhaka
Vaishnava
Vakil
Murderer (Sanskrit)
Worshipper of Vishnu
Lit. ‘attorney or delegate’. A caste
official
Vanap rasta
Varna
Hermit
Lit. ‘colour’; one of the four Aryan
social classes
Varnasankara
Vijaya homa
Vyavastha
One of Manu’s ‘mixed’ castes
Name of a Goshain rite
A declaration of law, a Brahmanical
ruling
Vratya
Vrisala
Name given to certain castes by Manu
Name given to certain castes by Manu
Wajih-ul-arz
Wali
Record of village customs
Guardian (especially in respect of mar-
Wazir
riage)
Lit. ‘minister’. A caste official
Zargar
Zat
Jeweller
Lit. ‘breed’; used for ‘caste’ (Arabic)