Define the term ‘Baluta’ and examine the nature of Baluta system in medieval Maharashtra.
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ExplThe various aspects of the system are discussed comparatively as far as
possible with the cognate village service systems found in different regions of
the country, briefly surveyed by us for the pre-British period in the preceding
chapter. However there is no question of comparing the baluta system of village
service with the dyadic system of patron-client jajmani, as both the systems are
conceptually distinct and different as Fukazawa' rightly argues. Orenstein's^ account
of baluta system in a Maharashtrian village supports his argument that there is a
"generalized village (to) servant relationship" and that the tie is between the
balutedar clan and the village as a whole and not between the households or castes,
with one significant exception being the domestic priest (purohita) serving only
his jajman. Therefore it is inaccurate to treat them as one.anation: