Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Bāndēkāra

by Edgar Thurston

Bāndēkāra. — A synonym for Konkani Vānis (traders), who are said, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, to ape the Brāhmanical customs, and call themselves by the curious hybrid name of Vasiya (or Vaisya) Brāhman.