"Every house belonging to the eighteen castes sends to the village representative of the Desayi, who is called Periyatanakaran, a pagoda (Rs. 3-8) in cash, besides rice, dhal (Cajanus Indicus), and other articles of food for every marriage that takes place, in the village. The representative reserves for himself all the perishable articles, sending only the cash to the Desayi. Thus, for every marriage within his jurisdiction, the Desayi gets one pagoda. Of late, in the case of those Desayis who have purchased their rights as such from the old Desayis, instead of a pagoda, a fee of two annas and a half is levied on each marriage. Every death which occurs in a village is equally a source of income to the Desayi, who receives articles of food, and four annas or more, according to the circumstances of the parties in whose house the death has occurred. As in the case of marriage, the local representative appropriates to himself the articles of food, and transmits the money to the Desayi. The local agent keeps a list of all domestic occurrences that take place in the village, and this list is most carefully scrutinised and checked by the Desayi during his tours, and any amount left unpaid is then collected. Whenever a marriage takes place in his own house, all the houses within his jurisdiction are bound to send him rice, dhal, and other articles, and any money they can afford to pay. Sometimes rich people send large sums to the Desayi, to enable him to purchase the clothes, jewels, etc., required for the marriage. When a Desayi finds his work too heavy for him to attend to single-handed, he sells a portion of his jurisdiction for some hundreds or thousands of rupees, according to its extent, to some relation. A regular sale deed is executed and registered." (See also Samaya.) Desikar.--A sub-division and title of Pandaram. Desur.--The name of a sub-division of Kapu, which is either territorial, or possibly derived from deha, body, and sura, valour. Deva.--Deva or Devara, meaning God, has been recorded as a synonym of Devanga and Ganiga or Gandla and a sept of Moger, and Deva Telikulakali as a name for those who express and sell oils in the Vizagapatam district. Devara occurs further as a title of the Jangams. At the Madras Census, 1901, Devar was returned as the name of Telugu merchants from Pondicherry trading in glassware. Devar is also the title of Occhans, who are priests at temples of village deities. The title of Maravans is Devan or Tevan. In South Canara, the Halepaiks (toddy-drawers) are known as Devaru Makkalu (God's children), which, it has been suggested, [54] is possibly a corruption of Tivaru or Divaru Makkalu, meaning children of the islanders, in reference to their supposed descent from early immigrants from the island of Ceylon.