Another story is that the Pasis were made out of the sweat (pasina) of Parasurama.
And being disowned by the true Pasis on account of their defective pedigree, they have apparently set up as a separate caste and adopted the name of Arakh to hide the deficiencies of their ancestry.
Subsequently Parasurama sent for some Pasis to help him in one of his wars; but they ran away and hid in an arhar [33] field and were hence called Arakhs.
In the absence of this an ordinary plough or harrow will serve as a substitute, though why the Pasis should impart a distinctively agricultural implement into their marriage ceremony is not clear.
Pasis are generally illiterate and in poor circumstances, and are much addicted to drink.
They generally formed the worst part of the gangs maintained by refractory landowners, "who keepPasis to fight for them, as they pay themselves out of the plunder and cost little to their employers.
Religion, superstitions and social customs The Pasis worship all the ordinary Hindu deities.
Among the Pasis of Monghyr this ancient custom, which admits of being plausibly interpreted as a survival of female kinship, still prevails generally.
The social status of the Pasis is low, but they are not regarded as impure.
The total strength of the Pasis in India is about a million and a half persons, nearly all of whom belong to the United Provinces and Bihar.
Like the Gonds, the Pasis celebrate their weddings at the bridegroom's house and not at the bride's.
It seems therefore a not improbable hypothesis that the Pasis and perhaps also the kindred tribe of Arakhs are functional groups formed from the Bhar tribe.
Criminal tendencies Eighty years ago, when General Sleeman wrote, the Pasis were noted thieves.
It would appear then that the Pasiswere a Dravidian tribe who held a part of Oudh before it was conquered by the Rajputs.
Brahmanical legends The following tradition is related by the Pasis themselves in Mirzapur and the Central Provinces: One day a man was going to kill a number of cows.
Christianity was first established in China by three Italian missionaries, called Roger the Neapolitan, Pasis of Bologne, and Matthew Ricci of Mazerata, in the marquisate of Ancona.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pasis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
