Vidur.—A caste. A subcaste of Gondhali, Kasār, Komti, Kunbi, and Lohār, comprising persons of illegitimate descent.
Vīr.—Subcaste of Gopāl.
Vīrmushti.—A class of Bairāgis or religious mendicants.
Vishnu Swāmi.—A class of Bairāgis or religious mendicants.
Vishwāmitra.—Name of a famous saint in classical literature. An eponymous section of Brāhmans.
Vyās.—A section of Brāhmans and of Agharia.
Waddār.—A name for Telugu Oddes or navvies in Chānda. A subcaste of Beldār.
Wadewār.—Synonym of Odde or Beldār in Chānda.
Wāghe.—(Wāgh or bāgh, a tiger.) A section of Koshti and Māna, a clan of Marātha.
Wāghmāre.—(Tiger-killer.) A clan of Arakh, Gopāl and Mahār.
Wakkaliga, Okkiliyan.—A Canarese caste of cultivators, of which a few representatives were returned from Nāgpur. They reside mainly in the Madura and Coimbatore Districts. The name is derived from the Canarese okkalu,103 which means cultivation or agriculture.
Wakmar.—(One who left the pangat or caste feast while his fellows were eating.) Title of Hatkar.
Wāndhekar.—Subcaste of Kunbi.
Wanjāri.—Synonym for Banjāra. Subcaste of Kunbi.
Warāde.—(A resident of Berār.) Subcaste of Gurao.
Wārtki.—(A washerman.) Synonym for Dhobi in the Marātha country.
Wāsudeo, Wāsdeo.—The name of the father of Krishna, the Hindu god. Synonym of Basdewa. A subcaste of Joshi.
Watkari. See Otāri.
Wika.—Synonym for Uika, a well-known clan of Gonds.
Yādu, Yādava.—A well-known clan of Rājpūts.
Yādubansi.—(Of the Yadu race.) A subcaste of Ahīr.
Yādu-Bhatti.—Clan of Rājpūts. Synonym for Yādu.
Yajur-Vedi.—A subcaste of Brāhmans who follow the Yajur-Veda. They are also known as Madhyandan and Apastambha.
Yarande.—(One who presses the erandi or castor-oil seed.) Subcaste of Teli.
Yati.—(For Jati). A Jain ascetic.
Yelama.—Synonym of Velama.
Yogi.—Synonym of Jogi.
Yojna.—Subcaste of Komti.
1 Irvine, Army of the Mughals, p. 198.
2 Irvine, Army of the Mughals, p. 232.
3 Summary of the Marātha and Pindāri Campaigns, p. 264.
4 Bombay Gazetteer, vol. ix. part ii. p. 16.
5 Madras Census Report (1891), p. 221.
6 Punjab Census Report (1881), para. 543.
7 Berar Census Report (1881), p. 128.
8 Punjab Census Report (1881), para. 529.
9 Khān Bahādur Lutfullah Faridi in Bombay Gazetteer, Muh. Guj.
10 Berār Census Report, ibidem.
11 In 1911 about 3000 persons belonging to the caste were returned, mainly from Bilāspur District, and the Korea and Sargūja States.
12 Crooke, vol. i. p. 184.
13 Eastern India, ii. p. 467.
14 North-West Provinces Gazetteer, vol. xiv., Mirzāpur, p. 365.
15 Ethnographic Notes in Southern India, page 72.
16 This article consists of extracts from Mr. Crooke’s account of the caste in his Tribes and Castes.
17 Eastern India, ii. 248.
18 Punjab Census Report (1881), para. 542.
19 Tribes and Castes, art. Bhātia.
20 Rājasthān, ii. p. 292.
21 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Bind.
22 Tribes and Castes of the N.W.P. and Oudh, art. Bind.
23 Bauhinia scandens.
24 Ethnology of Bengal. pp. 158, 221.
25 See art. Bhunjia.
26 Linguistic Survey of India, vol. iv., Munda and Dravidian Dialects, p. 102.
27 Caldwell’s Dravidian Grammar, pp. 123 and 134. Captain Glasfurd says: ‘The termination wār is a Telugu affix signifying person or man’ (Settlement Report of the Upper Godāvari District (1868), p. 26).
28 This article consists only of extracts from the accounts of Colonel Dalton and Sir H. Risley.
29 Dalton’s Ethnology of Bengal, pp. 126, 127.
30 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Chero.
31 See also art. Daharia for a discussion of the origin of that caste.
32 Tribes and Castes, art. Dhālgar.
33 From a paper by Nārāyan Bohidār, Schoolmaster, Sonpur State.
34 This article is based on papers by Mr. D.P. Kshirsāgar, Naib-Tahsildar, Buldāna, and Mr. Khāndekar, Headmaster, Nandura.
35 Madras Census Report (1901), p. 149.
36 Bhandāra Settlement Report (Mr. A.B. Napier), p. 8.
37 Criminal Tribes of the C.P., p. 61.
38 Buchanan, i. p. 331.
39 B.G. Muh. Guj., p. 84.
40 This article is based on information collected by Mr. Hira Lai in Betūl.
41 Art. Dom. in Tribes and Castes of Bengal, and of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh.
43 Thāna Gazetteer, pp. 119, 120.
44 Sholapur Gazetteer, p. 158.
45 Madras Census Report (1891), p. 238.
46 Ibidem, p. 280.
47 Satāra Gazetteer, p, 41.
48 Nāsik Gazetteer, p. 54.
49 This account is taken from inquiries made by Mr. Hīra Lāl in Patna.
50 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Bauri.
51 From a paper by Mr. Kripāsindh Tripāthi, Headmaster, Saria Middle School, Sārangarh State.
52 From pag, a foot.
53 Malcolm, Memoir of Central India, ii. p. 21.
54 This paper is compiled from notes taken by Mr. Hīra Lāl at Rāj-Nāndgaon and Betūl.
55 Perhaps Pandanus fascicularis.
56 This article is compiled from papers by C. Ramiah, Kānungo, Sironchā, and W.G. Padāya Naidu, clerk, District Office, Chānda.
57 Mysore Census Report (1891), p. 205.
58 This article is compiled from a paper by Mr. Ghāsinām Dāni, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Bastar State.
59 The caste numbered 85 persons in 1911. The above notice is compiled from a paper by Mr. Krishna Sewak, Naib-Tahsīldār, Bargarh.
60 Based on inquiries made by Mr. Hīra Lāl, Assistant Gazetteer Superintendent in Bhandāra.
61 Madras Census Report (1901), p. 168.
62 Bombay Gazetteer, Guj. Mukh. p. 18.
63 Elliott’s Memoirs, vol. i. p. 54.
64 Crooke’s Tribes and Castes, vol. i. p. 161.
65 Madras Census Report (1891), p. 303.
66 India Census Report (1891), p. 200.
67 Man, November 1909.
68 Tone, Letter on the Marāthas (1798), India Office Tracts, p. 25.
69 Lane, Modern Egyptians, p. 373.
70 Census Report (1891), p. 211.
71 From a paper by Mr. Rājārām Gangādhar Deshpānde, Tahsildār, Wardha.
72 Settlement Report of the Upper Godāvari District (1868), quoted in Mr. Nunn’s Monograph on the Gold and Silver Industries of the Central provinces.
73 Monograph on the Gold and Silver Industries, loc. cit.
74 Berār Census Report (1881), p. 219.
75 Based on a paper by Mr. Ali Mustafa, Nāib-Tahsīldār, Hatta.
76 Census Report (1891), p. 179.
77 In the introduction to Firishta’s History (Elliot, vi. p. 568), it is stated that Roh is the name of a particular mountain (country) which extends in length from Swāt and Bajaur to the town of Siwi belonging to Bhakar. In breadth it stretches from Hasan Abdul to Kābul. Kandahār is situated in this country. (Crooke’s Hobson-Jobson, p. 766.)
78 Mr. Crooke’s Tribes and Castes, vol. iv. pp. 165, 166.
79 Proper Names of the Punjabis, p. 74.
80 Indian Life and Sentiment, p. 99.
81 Linguistic Survey, vol. iv. p. 30.
82 Linguistic Survey, vol. iv., Munda and Dravidian Languages, p. 79.
83 Ibidem, pp. 84, 85.
84 Ethnology of Bengal, p. 235 et seq.
85 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, App. I.
86 Ibidem, pp. 222, 223.
87 This article is written from papers by Mr. G.A. Khān, Assistant Commissioner, Venkatesh Tumaiya Ayāwar, Schoolmaster, Chānda, and Mr. G. Padaya Naidu, District Officer, Chānda.
88 North Arcot Manual, i. p. 200.
89 North Arcot Manual, i. p. 242.
90 Based on a paper by G. Pydiah Naidu of the Gazetteer Office.
91 Vol. xi. p. 433.
92 Mr. Edwardes, Byways of Bombay, p. 79.
93 Bombay Gazetteer, ibidem.
94 J.A.S.B., No. 3 of 1903, p. 103.
95 Partly based on a note by Mr. C.J. Irwin, Assistant Commissioner, Jubbulpore.
96 Bombay Gazetteer, vol. xvii. (Sholapur), p. 234.
97 Bombay Gazetteer, Belgaum, p. 250.
98 Tribes and Castes, art. Sikligar.
99 Based on a paper by Mr. Gokul Prasād, Nāib-Tahsīldār, Dhamtari.
100 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Tānti.
101 Madras Census Report (1901), p. 153.
102 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, s.v.
103 Madras Census Report (1891), p. 243.