Kunbi

The name Kunbi appears to have the same sense, its older form being _kutumbika_, which is

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

The Kunbi is a firm believer in the action of ghosts and spirits, and never omits the attentions due to his ancestors.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

Although Joshi was keen to contest from Raigad, Gite was given preference as he commands the support of the 'Kunbi' community.

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He is fond of asserting his independence and the helplessness of others without his aid, on which subject he has several proverbs, as: 'Wherever it thunders there the Kunbi is a landholder,' and 'Tens of millions are dependent on the Kunbi, but the Kunbi depends on no man.'"

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

"It's about these energetic guys on bikes 'Feeling the Dew'," says Kunbi Oguneye, a banking executive from the affluent neighbourhood Victoria Island.

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Their subordinate position in past times is shown by the fact that they will accept cooked food from a Kunbi or a Gujar; and indeed the status of all except the chief's families would naturally have been a low one, as they were practically the offspring of kept women.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Dangris are an offshoot from the Kunbi caste of cultivators appears to be correct; and it is supported by the fact that they will accept food cooked with water from the Baone Kunbis.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

They have now obtained a warrant from the descendant of Shankar Acharya, or the high priest of Sivite Hindus, permitting them to describe themselves as Put Kunbi or purified Kunbi.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

After explaining how he was kidnapped and the tip of his tongue cut off to give him a defect in speech, the Kunbi lad, taken from Sahungarhi, in the Bhandara District, went on to say that,

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

But their subcastes show that even this small body is of very heterogeneous composition; for they are divided into the Teli, the Kalar, the Kunbi and the

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell