Kabirpanthi

It is probable that a good many of the Kasaundhan Banias in Bilaspur and Raipur belong to the Kabirpanthi sect.

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Nearly all members of the caste belong to the Kabirpanthi sect.

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Dharam Das, the great disciple of Kabir, who founded the Kabirpanthi sect in the

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-- A weaver caste derived from the Gandas, being Gandas who follow the Kabirpanthi sect.

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Saktaha practically means a person who eats flesh, as opposed to a Kabirpanthi who abstains from it.

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Saktaha, a term which in Chhattisgarh signifies an eater of meat as opposed to a Kabirpanthi who refrains from it.

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[227] Other features of the sacramental rite, strengthening this hypothesis, are given in the article Kabirpanthi Sect.

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Similarly persons of the impure Ganda caste, who joined the Kabirpanthi sect and now form a separate and somewhat higher caste under the name of Panka, usually work as village watchmen in preference to the Gandas.

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Gospels is striking, and, as has been seen, the story of Kabir's birth might have been borrowed from the Bible, while the Kabirpanthi

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The two principal headquarters of the Kabirpanthi sect are at Benaires and at Kawardha, the capital of the State of that name, or Damakheda in the Raipur District.

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