Enangan.--Enangan or Inangan is defined by Mr. K. Kannan Nayar [114] 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." Eneti.--Said to be mendicants, who beg from Gamallas. (See Yanati.) Entamara.--See Yanati. Era.--Era Cheruman, or Eralan, is a sub-division of Cheruman. Eradi.--Eradi has been defined [115] as meaning "a cow-herd. A sub-division of the Nayar caste, which formerly ruled in what is now the Ernad taluk" of Malabar. In the Malabar Manual, Ernad is said to be derived from Eradu, the bullock country. Eradi denotes, according to the Census Report, 1891, "a settlement in Ernad. The caste of Samantas, to which the Zamorin of Calicut belongs." Eravallar.--The Eravallars are a small forest tribe inhabiting the Coimbatore district and Malabar. For the following note on the Eravallars of Cochin, I am indebted to Mr. L. K. Anantha Krishna Iyer. [116] Eravallars are a wild tribe of inoffensive hill-men found in the forests of the Cochin State, especially in the Chittur taluk. They are also called Villu Vedans (hunters using bows). Their language is Tamil, though some speak Malayalam. In addressing the elderly members of the caste, they use the titles Muthan (elder) and Pattan (grandfather). Names in use for males are Kannan (Krishna), Otukan, Kothandan, Kecharan, and Attukaran, while females are called Kanni, Keyi, Kaikayi, Otuka, and Ramayi. These Hindu divine names are recent innovations after the names of members of the higher castes, with whom they frequently come in contact. The Eravallars have no knowledge of the origin of their caste. They appear to be a rude and primitive people, like the other jungle tribes of the State, but are somewhat improving their status under their masters. Their habits are less migratory than those of the Malayars and Kadars. They live in villages called pathis, situated in the forests. Their huts are similar to those of the Malayars and Kadars. They propitiate their sylvan deities before the construction of their huts, and also before their occupation. Some days are believed to be lucky, as Mondays for sowing and weddings, Wednesdays for building, and Fridays for reaping.