THE CURSE OF CASTE 213
- THE KARNATIK BRAHMINS
They include the following castes—
(1) The Rig Vedis, (2) The Krishna Yajur-Vedis, (3) The Shukla Yajur-Vedis Madhyandinas, (4) The Shukla Yajur-Vedis Kanvas,
(5) The Sama Vedis, (6) The Kume Brahmins and (7) The Nagara Brahmins.
- THE GURJARA BRAHMINS
The list of castes which compose the Gurjara Brahmins is as follows:
I. The Andichya Brahmins. They are divided into the following sub-castes:
(1) Siddhpura Andichya, (2) Sihor Andichya, (3) Tolkiya Andhichya,
(4) Kunbigor, (5) Inochigor, (6) Darjigor, (7) Grandhrapagor,
(8) Koligor, (9) Marwadi Andichya, (10) Kachhi Andichya, (11) Vagdiya Andichya.
II. The Nagar Brahmins. The following are the sub-castes of the Nagar Brahmins:
(12) The Vadanagar Brahmins, (13) The Vishalnagar Brahmins,
(14) The Sathodra Brahmins, (15) The Prashnoras, (16) The Krishnoras, (17) The Chitrodas, (18) The Baradas.
There are also three other divisions among the Nagar Brahmins.
They are called—
(19) Gujarathi Nagars, (20) Sorathi Nagars and (21) Nagars of other Towns.
III. The Girnar Brahmins. They are divided among the following castes:
(22) The Junagadhya Girnars, (23) The Chorvada Girnars,
(24) The Ajakiyas.
IV. The Mevadas Brahmins. They are distributed among the following castes:
(25) The Bhata Mevadas, (26) The Trivadi Mevadas, (27) The Charosi Mevadas.
V. The Deshavala Brahmins. They have one sub-caste which is called:
(46) The Deshavala Brahman Surati.
VI. The Rayakavala Brahmins. They are divided into two sub-castes :
(47) The Navas (new ones) and (48) The Mothas (old ones).