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The names
tribal 3
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiva Pate | Kolami Kolam villages of Yavatmal and Chandrapur districts, Vidarbha, Maharashtra, and adjoining Adilabad, Telangana | 'the three-legged stool' The stool a thresher stands on to drop the harvest into the wind, so that the husk blows away. Given at Dubaguda and Jamini with the star named. | tribal |
| Tiva; Miti; Kovela; Konda | Kolami Kolam villages of Yavatmal and Chandrapur districts, Vidarbha, Maharashtra, and adjoining Adilabad, Telangana | farming tools At Raipur four names are given for the region without individual identifications, and the recorders note that the Gonds describe the same tools in detail. | tribal |
| Medi | Lambadi (Banjara) Banjara tandas of Vidarbha, Maharashtra (villages in the Nagpur–Amravati–Yavatmal region) | Connected by the Banjaras with the processing of the harvest. Reported in one village only. | tribal |
Sources
- M.N. Vahia, Ganesh Halkare, Kishore Menon and Harini Calamur, 'The astronomy of two Indian tribes: the Banjaras and the Kolams', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 17(1), 65-84 (2014), Appendix 1.2.1 (Dubaguda), p. 80, and 1.2.3 (Jamini), p. 81 link
- M.N. Vahia, Ganesh Halkare, Kishore Menon and Harini Calamur, 'The astronomy of two Indian tribes: the Banjaras and the Kolams', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 17(1), 65-84 (2014), Appendix 1.2.9 (Raipur), p. 83 link
- M.N. Vahia, Ganesh Halkare, Kishore Menon and Harini Calamur, 'The astronomy of two Indian tribes: the Banjaras and the Kolams', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 17(1), 65-84 (2014), Table 1, p. 69 link