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Native male employed as a personal servant.
Fitted cotton leggings that gather at the ankles.
Cloth worn round the lower body, one end of which passes between the legs and is tucked in behind.
Shawl of doubled material.
Banks of a river or body of water.
A collarless shirt.
Elective village council
Colored mark worn by Hindus, often on the forehead.
Horse-drawn cart