Dhakkado.--A small mixed class of Oriya cultivators, concerning whom there is a proverb that a Dhakkado does not know his father. They are described, in the Census Report, 1891, as "a caste of cultivators found in the Jeypore agency tracts. They are said to be the offspring of a Brahman and a Sudra girl, and, though living on the hills, they are not an uncivilised hill tribe. Some prepare and sell the sacred thread, others are confectioners. They wear the sacred thread, and do not drink water from the hands of any except Brahmans. Girls are married before puberty, and widow marriage is practiced. They are flesh-eaters, and their dead are usually buried." In a note on the Dhakkados, Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao writes that "the illegitimate descendant of a Brahman and a hill woman of the non-polluting castes is said to be known as a Dhakkado. The Dhakkados assume Brahmanical names, but, as regards marriages, funerals, etc., follow the customs of their mother's caste. Her caste people intermarry with her children. A Dhakkado usually follows the occupation of his mother's caste. Thus one whose mother is a Kevuto follows the calling of fishing or plying boats on rivers, one whose mother is a Bhumia is an agriculturist, and so on." Dhakur.--Stated, in the Manual of the Vizagapatam district, to be illegitimate children of Brahmans, who wear the paieta (sacred thread). Dhanapala.--A sub-division of Gollas, who guard treasure while it is in transit. Dhangar.--Dhangar, or Donigar, is recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as a Marathi caste of shepherds and cattle-breeders. I gather, from a note [89] on the Dhangars of the Kanara district in the Bombay Presidency, that "the word Dhangar is generally derived from the Sanskrit dhenu, a cow. Their home speech is Marathi, but they can speak Kanarese. They keep a special breed of cows and buffaloes, known as Dhangar mhasis and Dhangar gais which are the largest cattle in Kanara. Many of Shivaji's infantry were Satara Dhangars." Dhaniala (coriander).--An exogamous sept of Kamma. Dhaniala Jati, or coriander caste, is an opprobrious name applied to Komatis, indicating that, in business transactions, they must be crushed as coriander fruits are crushed before the seed is sown. Dhare.--An exogamous sept of Kuruba. In the Canara country, the essential and binding part of the marriage ceremony is called dhare (see Bant). Dharmaraja.--An exogamous sept of the Irulas of North Arcot. Dharmaraja was the eldest of the five Pandavas, the heroes of the Mahabharatha. Dhippo (light).--An exogamous sept of Bhondari. The members thereof may not blow out lights, or extinguish them in any other way. They will not light lamps without being madi, i.e., wearing silk cloths, or cloths washed and dried after bathing.