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Districts. |Chhîpi.
| |Kaithiya.
| | |Mathuriya.
| | | |Nâmdeobansi.
| | | | |Râthaur.
| | | | | |Saksena.
| | | | | | |Sribâstab.
| | | | | | | |Others.
| | | | | | | | |Muhammadans.
| | | | | | | | | | Total.
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Dehra Dûn | 123| ... | ... | ... | ... | 8| ... | 89| 27| 247
Sahâranpur | 789| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,079| 1,170| 3,038
Muzaffarnagar | 1,032| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 727| 2,487| 4,246
Meerut | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 364| 9,385| 9,749
Bulandshahr | ... | 35 | 10| ... | 33| ... | ... | 2,265| 2,267| 4,610
Aligarh | ... | ... | ... | ... | 238| ... | ... | 4,811| 132| 5,181
Mathura | 1| ... | 70| ... | 16| ... | ... | 3,220| 125| 3,432
Agra | 254| 12 | 66| 258| 842| ... | ... | 2,940| 80| 4,452
Farrukhâbâd | ... | 889 | 88| ... | ... | 563| 69| 48| 2,666| 4,323
Mainpuri | 17| 464 | 674| ... | 230| 127| 154| 1,625| 49| 3,340
Etâwah | ... | 927 | 602| 44| 12| 135| 550| 606| 98| 2,974
Etah | ... | 476 | 454| ... | 735| 243| 2| 1,170| 515| 3,595
Bareilly | ... | 1,723 | ... | ... | ... | 29| 214| 1,603| 3,896| 7,465
Bijnor | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 123| 5,877| 6,002
Morâdâbâd | ... | 247 | 19| 4| ... | 571| 16| 687| 3,456| 5,000
Budâun | ... | 622 | 835| ... | 60| 760| 86| 657| 1,465| 4,485
Shâhjahânpur | ... | 919 | 361| ... | 9| 850| 225| 324| 3,450| 6,138
Pilibhît | ... | 710 | 20| ... | ... | 1,408| 8| 113| 1,383| 3,642
Cawnpur | 12| 1,126 | 17| ... | ... | 44| 2,651| 747| 1,706| 6,303
Fatehpur | ... | ... | ... | 9| ... | 107| 2,799| 746| 443| 4,104
Bânda | ... | ... | ... | 106| ... | 898| 2,225| 1,249| 15| 4,493
Hamîrpur | 4| 26 | ... | 15| ... | 337| 107| 1,646| 4| 2,139
Allahâbâd | ... | ... | ... | 149| ... | ... | 2,868| 1,457| 3,928| 8,402
Jhânsi | ... | ... | 13| 147| 5| ... | 27| 2,168| 7| 2,367
Jâlaun | ... | 350 | ... | 299| ... | 7| 542| 866| ... | 2,064
Lalitpur | ... | ... | ... | 137| ... | ... | ... | 1,417| ... | 1,554
Benares | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 344| 236| 1,942| 2,530
Mirzapur | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 120| 421| 2,642| 3,183
Jaunpur | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 246| 102| 4,506| 4,854
Ghâzipur | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16| 102| 10| 2,619| 2,747
Ballia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,503| 2,503
Gorakhpur | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 173| 120| 8,273| 8,566
Basti | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34| 338| 3| 8,765| 9,140
Azamgarh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,416| 5,416
Tarâi | ... | 162 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 194| 810| 1,166
Lucknow | ... | ... | ... | 13| ... | ... | 580| 201| 3,362| 4,156
Unâo | ... | 30 | ... | ... | ... | 1| 2,359| 373| 1,799| 4,562
Râê Bareli | ... | 17 | ... | 6| ... | ... | 1,625| 577| 3,417| 5,642
Sîtapur | ... | 93 | ... | ... | ... | 132| 412| 64| 6,884| 7,585
Hardoi | ... | 132 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16| 157| 5,579| 5,884
Kheri | ... | 157 | ... | ... | ... | 6| 212| 204| 6,625| 7,204
Faizâbâd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 111| 47| 4,938| 5,096
Gonda | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 824| ... | 8,640| 9,464
Bahrâich | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33 | 28 | 7,698 | 7,759
Sultânpur | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 303 | 229 | 5,425 | 5,957
Partâbgarh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,181 | 304 | 2,660 | 4,145
Bârabanki | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 376 | ... | 6,569 | 6,945
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Total | 2,232 | 9,127 | 3,229 | 1,187 | 2,180 | 6,276 | 21,898 | 36,017 | 1,45,703 | 2,27,849
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Dasnâmi.—An order of the Gusâîns. The word means “the ten names,” and
is derived from their practice of affixing a special name to define the
endogamous sections. The term Sannyâsi properly means a person who is
undergoing the stage (asrama) of meditation and abandonment of the
world prescribed by the early law-givers. But it more specially means a
follower of the reformer Sankara Achârya. He is said to have had four
pupils, from whom ten orders were derived. Padaman Achârya founded the
Tîratha and Asrama classes; Sarûpa Achârya the Vana and Aranya; Tarnaka
or Tank Achârya the Giri, Sâgara and Parvata; Prithodar or Prithivi
Achârya the Puri, Bhârati and Saraswati. The lists, however, disagree
in the enumeration of the ten classes. In these Provinces they are
usually given as Tîratha; Asrama; Vana; Aranya; Sarasvati; Puri;
Bhârati; Giri; Parvata, and Sâgara. Mr. Maclagan, writing of the
Panjâb, says:—“According to some the order is divided into four
divisions (called math, “the hut of an ascetic”), the Joshi Math,
containing the Giri, Puri, and Bhârati; the Sangri Math, containing the
Vana, Aranya, and Tîratha; the Narâgani Math, containing the Parvata
and Asrama; the Brahmachâri Math, containing the Saraswati and Dandi.
The fact that there are ten groups of Sannyâsis is well known, but
different versions are given of the names. Of eight lists which I have
before me from different parts of the Province, the Giri, Puri, Aranya,
and Bhârati appear in all; but one or other of the following names,
Astâwar; Jati; Bodla; Dandi; Datta; Achârya; Kar; Nirambh, or Pari, is
often substituted for one or other of the remaining class names.
According to some accounts only eight of the classes are really
Sannyâsis, the Bhârati being Jogis and the Dandis Vaishnavas. Three
classes only, the Nirambh, Asrama, and Saraswati, are allowed to wear
or use arms. Five of the sub-divisions are said to be recruited from
Brâhmans alone, viz., the Saraswati, Achârya, Aranya, Vana, and Anandi,
the others being open to the public. A man of any caste may become a
Sannyâsi, but in practice the order is made up of Brâhmans and Khatris
mainly, and according to some the true Sannyâsi will partake of food
only in the house of a Brâhman or a Khatri.” [281]