Crossword-Solution: PANCHAYAT
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| Clue | Answers |
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| HINDU village council | 1 answer |
| INDIAN court, minor | 1 answer |
| INDIAN village council | 1 answer |
| INDIAN village court | 1 answer |
| PAKISTANI tribal jury | 1 answer |
| village council | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PANCHAYAT (5)
They are little known except within the caste itself, and they consist of groups within the caste which marry among themselves, and attend the communal feasts held on the occasions of marriages, funerals and meetings of the caste _panchayat_ or committee for the judgment of offences against the caste rules and their expiation by a penalty feast; to these feasts all male adults of the community, within a certain area, are invited.
Finally he is permitted to eat with the _panchayat_ in his own house in order to mark his admission into the caste.
The offender is not allowed to partake of the first two meals himself, but he joins in the third, and before it begins the head of the _panchayat_ gives him water to drink in which gold has been dipped as a purificatory rite.
Frequently the view obtains that the head of the caste _panchayat_ takes the offender's sins upon himself by commencing to eat, and in return for this a present of some rupees is deposited beneath his plate.
The _panchayat_ may perhaps be supposed to represent the hand acting on behalf of the subcaste, which is considered the body.