In a note on secret trade languages Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao writes as follows. [43] "The most interesting of these, perhaps, is that spoken by petty shopkeepers and cloth merchants of Madras, who are mostly Moodellys and Chettis by caste. Their business mostly consists in ready-money transactions, and so we find that they have a regular table of numerals. Numbers one to ten have been given definite names, and they have been so long in use that most of them do not understand the meaning of the terms they use. Thus madi (mind) stands for one, mind being always represented in the Hindu shastras as a single thing. Vene (act or deed) stands for two, for vene is of two kinds only, nalvene and thivene or good and bad acts. Konam (quality) stands for three, since three different sorts of qualities are recognised in Hindu metaphysics. These are rajasam, thamasam, and sathmikam. Shuruthi stands for four, for the Srutis or Vedas are four in numbers. Sara (arrow) stands for five, after Panchasara, the five-arrowed, a well-known name of Manmatha, the Indian Cupid. Matha represents six, after the shan mathams or six systems of Hindu philosophy. There stands for seven, after the seven oceans recognised by the Sanskrit geographers. Giri (mountain) represents eight, since it stands for ashtagiri or the eight mountains of the Hindus. Mani stands for nine, after navamani, the nine different sorts of precious stones recognised by the Hindus. Thisai represents ten, from the ten points of the compass. The common name for rupee is velle or the white thing. Thangam velle stands for half a rupee, pinji velle for a quarter of a rupee, and pu velle for an eighth of a rupee. A fanam (or 1-1/4 annas) is known as shulai. The principal objects with which those who use this language have to deal with are padi or measure, velle or rupee, and madi ana, one anna, so that madi padi means one measure, madi velle one rupee, and madi ana one anna. Similarly with the rest of the numerals. The merchants of Trichinopoly have nearly the same table of numerals, but the names for the fractions of a rupee vary considerably. Mundri ana is, with them, one anna; e ana is two annas; pu ana is four annas; pani ana is eight annas and muna ana is twelve annas. Among them also velle stands for a rupee. They have besides another table of numerals in use, which is curious as being formed by certain letters of the Tamil alphabet. Thus pina stands for one, lana for two, laina for three, yana for four, lina for five, mana for six, vana for seven, nana for eight, thina for nine, and thuna for ten. These letters have been strung into the mnemonic phrase Pillayalam Vanthathu, which literally means 'the children have come'. This table is also used in connection with measures, rupees, and annas. Dealers in coarse country-made cloths all over Madras and the Chingleput district have a table of their own. It is a very complete one from one pie to a thousand rupees. Occasionally Hindu