Notes | [fr. S. kumbhakāra] var. kuhmāla, kumāla; n. 1) a potter (Turner 1931: s. v. kumāle); 2) name of an group of potters living close to the mājhī, danuvāra and darāi but "speaking a distinct Tibeto-Burman tongue" (see Bista 1996: 140). According to Höfer (2004: 9) they are classified in the Mulukī Ain as "Enslavable Alcohol-Drinkers". |
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