South Indian castes/ tribes (numerically small): E
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Eddulu (bulls).—See Yeddulu.
Ediannāya (hornet’s nest).—An exogamous sept of Bant.
Egadāvan —Recorded, at times of census, as an exogamous sept of Anappans, who are Canarese cattle-grazers settled in the Tamil country. Possibly it is a corruption of Heggade, a title among Kurubas.
Ekākshara .—A sub-division of Sātāni. The name is derived from Ekākshara, meaning one syllable, i.e., the mystic syllable Ōm.
Elakayan .—A sub-division of Nāyar. It is recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, that “its hereditary occupation is to get plantain leaves for the use of the Cherukunnu temple, where travellers are fed daily by the Chirakkal Rāja.”
Ella (boundary).—An exogamous sept of Mutrācha.
Elugoti (assembly).—An exogamous sept of Dēvānga.
Elugu (bear).—An exogamous sept of Yānādi.
Eluttacchan .—Eluttacchan or Ezhuttacchan, meaning teacher or master of learning, is the name for educated Kadupattans of Malabar employed as schoolmasters.
Emān .—A corruption of Yajamānan, lord, recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a title of Nāyar.
Embrāntiri —Embrāntiri or Embrān is “a Malayalam name for Tulu Brāhmans settled in Malabar. They speak both Tulu and Malayalam. Some of them call themselves Nambūdris, but they never intermarry with that class.” By Wigram they are defined as “a class of sacrificing Brāhmans, chiefly Tulu, who officiate at Sūdra ceremonies.” It is a name for the Tulu Shivalli Brāhmans.
Emmē (buffalo).—See Yemmē.
Ena Korava —See Korava.
Enādi .—Recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as “a name for Shānāns, derived from Enādi Nayanār, a Saivite saint. It also means Ambattan, or barber.” The word denotes a chief, barber, or minister.
Enangan .—Enangan or Inangan is defined by Mr. K. Kannan Nayar4 as “a member of an Inangu, this being a community of a number of tarwads, the members of which may interdine or intermarry, and are bound to assist one another, if required, in the performance of certain social and religious rites.” It is noted, in the Gazetteer of Malabar, that “an Enangan or Inangan is a man of the same caste and sub-division or marriage groups. It is usually translated kinsman, but is at once wider and narrower in its connotation. My Enangans are all who can marry the same people that I can. An Enangatti is a female member of an Enangan’s family.”
Ēnēti .—Said to be mendicants, who beg from Gamallas. (See Yānāti.)
Entamara .—See Yānāti.
Era .—Era Cheruman, or Erālan, is a sub-division of Cheruman.
Erādi .—Erādi has been defined as meaning “a cow-herd. A sub-division of the Nāyar caste, which formerly ruled in what is now the Ernād tāluk” of Malabar. In the Malabar Manual, Ernād is said to be derived from Erādu, the bullock country. Erādi denotes, according to the Census Report, 1891, “a settlement in Ernād. The caste of Sāmantas, to which the Zamorin of Calicut belongs.”
Erkollar —A Tamil form of the Telugu Yerragolla, which is sub-division of Tottiyan.
Ērrā .—See Yerra.
Ērudāndi —See Gangeddu.
Ērudukkārān .—See Gangeddu.
Erumai (buffalo).—An exogamous sept of Toreya.
Erumān .—A sub-division of Kōlayan.
Ettarai (eight and a half).—An exogamous sept of Tamil goldsmiths.
Ēttuvītan .—Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a sub-division of Nāyar.
References
1 Manual of the North Arcot district; Madras Census Report, 1891.
2 Madras Census Report, 1901.
3 Malabar Law and Custom.
4 Malabar Quarterly Review, VII, 3, 1908.
5 Wigram. Malabar Law and Custom.
6 Monograph. Eth. Survey of Cochin, No. 9, 1906.
7 Yule and Burnell, 2nd ed., 1903.
8 Handbook of British India, 1854.
9 Cyclopædia of India.
10 Journ. Anth. Inst., XX, 1891.
11 Danvers. The Portuguese in India, 1894.
12 Manual Of Malabar.
13 See Madras Museum Bulletin, II, 2, Table XXVI, 1898.
14 Elephantiasis and allied disorders, Madras, 1891.
15 Veterinarian, June, 1879.
16 Endemic Skin and other Diseases of India. Fox and Farquhar.
