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MEANINGS / DEFINITIONS :
Dikus – Outsider .
Jhum cultivation – Type of cultivation where the cultivator burn the vegetation and spread the ash from the firing to fertilise the soil .
Sirdars – Leader .
Satyug – The age of truth .
Mahua – A flower that is eaten or used to make alcohol .
Fallow – A field left uncultivated for a while .
Bewar – A term used in Madhya Pradesh for shifting cultivation .
Sleeper – The horizontal planks of wood on which railway lines are laid .
Vaishnav – Worshipers of Vishnu .
Akhara – Wrestling ground .
Khonds − name of a tribe
Community − group
Wander − roam around
Herbs − medicines from plants
Shepherds − men who rear sheep
Classified − put into a group
Shortage − become less