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250 AN EARLY DUTCH ACCOUNT OF INDIA man is brought outside the city or village to be burnt or buried, they must go behind the corpse. But those that are not wealthy merely bid them go behind the corpse, and give to each of the aforesaid, in considera- AMONG THE KATKARIS, A WILD TRIBE IN WESTERN INDIA. tion of this, a fanum, or one and one-half, that is, a piece of money that is there worth seven groats. The Bramin Padmanaba said that the Bramines had their name from Bramma (Brahma) and that they bear this name in honour of him, reckoning themselves to be descended from him. It is, indeed, true that they feel that the other castes likewise are descended from him;