MEANINGS/DEFINITIONS:

  MEANINGS / DEFINITIONS :

DikusOutsider .

Jhum cultivationType of cultivation where the cultivator burn the vegetation and spread the ash from the firing to fertilise the soil .

SirdarsLeader .

SatyugThe age of truth .

MahuaA flower that is eaten or used to make alcohol .

FallowA field left uncultivated for a while .

BewarA term used in Madhya Pradesh for shifting cultivation .

SleeperThe horizontal planks of wood on which railway lines are laid .

VaishnavWorshipers of Vishnu .

AkharaWrestling 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