Hoshangabad and other Districts to designate Rajputs
from Oudh and the adjoining tracts, especially retired sepoys from
the Bengal army. They appear to belong to different clans, but many
of them are Bais Rajputs. Some of the Purbias say that their king,
somewhere in northern India, heard that cows were being killed in the
Central Provinces, so he sent them to stop the practice and they came
and stopped it and settled there. In Gujarat this name appears to be
applied to Brahmans. A subcaste of Barhai and Gadaria. A section of
Nat and Sunar.

_Purkam_.--(_Purka_-pumpkin.) A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds
in Betul.

_Purohit_.--(Family priest.) A common title of Brahmans.

_Purouti_ or _Pudoti_.--(Bowels.) A sept of Gonds in Khairagarh.

_Pusam_.--(Worshipper of five gods.) A sept of Raj-Gond and Dhur Gond,
and of Baiga and Pardhan.

_Putka_.--A subcaste of Sudh, being the illegitimate issue of the
Dehri Sudhs.

_Qawwal_.--(One who speaks fluently.) Title of Mirasi.

_Rachhbandia_.--(Comb-makers.) A subcaste of Kuchhbandia (Kanjar).

_Raghunathia_.--A small group of Brahmans, so called because their
ancestors are said to have received a grant of five villages from
Raghunath Deo of Hindoli.

_Raghuvansi_.--A caste formed from a Rajput clan. See article. A
subcaste of Ahir; a section of Mali and Gond.

_Raghvi_.--Synonym of Raghuvansi.

_Rahmat_.--(Compassion.) A section of Panwar Rajput. A Muhammadan
proper name.

_Rai_ or _Raj_.--Subcaste of Darzi, Kalar, Khangar.

_Rai-bhaina_.--Subcaste of Baiga in Balaghat.

_Raipuria_.--(From Raipur.) A subcaste of Dhimars who do not wear
gold ornaments. A subcaste of Dewar in Bilaspur.

_Raj_ or _Rai_.--From Raja, a king. This term designates
the landholding division of certain tribes, as the Raj-Gonds,
the Raj-Korkus, the Raj-Khonds and the Rajbhars. The Raj-Bhats,
Raj-Dhuris and Rai-Darzis are similarly subcastes of good position
in their respective castes. Raj is also used as a synonym for Beldar,
meaning a mason.

_Raja_.--(A king.) Title of a ruling chief, and occasionally conferred
on prominent Indian gentlemen.

_Rajak_.--(A washerman.) Synonym for Dhobi.

_Rajbhar_.--(A landowning Bhar.) Synonym for Rajjhar.

_Raj-Bhat._--Subcaste of Bhat.

_Raj-Dhuri._--A subcaste of Dhuri, said to be descendants of personal
servants in Rajput families.

_Raj-Gond_.--The landholding subdivision of the Gond tribe; a section
of Chamar and Kachhi.

_Raj-Khond_.--S