Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 2 of 7Thurston, Edgar
History
Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 2 of 7
Thurston, Edgar
Caste -- India, South; Ethnology -- India, South; India, South -- Social life and customs; Tribes -- India, South
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---- | Cephalic | Cephalic | Cephalic
| length. | breadth. | index.
------------------+------------+-----------+---------
| cm. | cm. |
| | |
Tamil Paraiyan | 18.6 | 13.7 | 73.6
Tigala Holeya | 18.5 | 13.9 | 75.1
Holeya | 17.9 | 14.1 | 79.1
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Holodia Gudiya.--A name for the agricultural section of the Oriya
Gudiyas.
Holuva (holo, plough).--A synonym of Pentiya, and the name of a
section of Oriya Brahmans, who plough the land.
Hon.--Hon, Honnu, and Honne, meaning gold, have been recorded as
gotras or exogamous septs of Kurni, Odde, and Kuruba.
Honne (Calophyllum inophyllum or Pterocarpus Marsupium).--An exogamous
sept of Halepaik and Moger. The Halepaiks sometimes call the sept
Sura Honne.
Honnungara (gold ring).--An exogamous sept of Kuruba.
Huli (tiger).--An exogamous sub-sept of Kappiliyan.
Hullu (grass).--A gotra of Kurni.
Hunise (tamarind).--An exogamous sub-sept of Kappiliyan.
Hutta (ant-hill).--An exogamous sept of Gangadikara Holeya.
Huvvina (flowers).--An exogamous sept of Odde and Vakkaliga.
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Ichcham (date-palm: Phoenix sylvestris).--Ichcham or Ichanjanar is
recorded, in the Tanjore Manual, as a section of Shanan. The equivalent
Ichang occurs as a tree or kothu of Kondaiyankottai Maravans.
Idacheri.--An occupational name for a section of Nayars, who make
and sell dairy produce. The word corresponds to Idaiyan in the Tamil
country.
Idaiyan.--The Idaiyans are the great pastoral or shepherd caste of the
Tamil country, but some are landowners, and a few are in Government
employ. Those whom I examined at Coimbatore were engaged as milkmen,
shepherds, cultivators, gardeners, cart-drivers, shopkeepers,
constables, family doctors, and mendicants.
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