ABSTRACT
Ghazípúr, and after an absence of a few years return to their homes and families in Hindustan.
The popular idea is, that the Bhúinhárs are descended from a Bráhman father and a Kahár woman, but this origin would give them no right to the rank of Bráhman. The story told by themselves of their degradation is as follows. Bhoja Rájah of Bhojpúr, a great wizard, prepared a feast for the Bráhmans, but none attended, so he sent for Bh_rigu `Rishí, then residing at Hajipúr in the Chapra district, who also disobeyed the summons on the plea of being engaged in preparing his fields for sowing. Owing to their cultivating land, as their ancestor did, his descendants have been degraded, never having any ‘Jajmán’, or clients, never accepting alms, and never eating or drinking with any other Bráhmanícal order.
