ABSTRACT
The Bengalí caste of Hindus engaged in cultivating Pân is generally included among the Nava-]Sákha, or nine clean castes. They are closely allied to `Súdra Káyasths, with whom they eat and drink. The ordinary name among the lower classes for a cultivator of pân is ‘Lata-baidyá, a ‘doctor of creepers’.
