Karumpurattan.--It is recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, that "the term Karumpurattan is said to be a corruption of Karu-aruttar, which means the Annihilators, and to have been given to the caste because they are the descendants of a garrison of Chola Vellalas, who treacherously allowed an enemy to enter the Tanjore fort, and annihilate the Raja and his family. Winslow, however, says [120] that Karumpuram is a palmyra tree. [121] and Karumpurattan may thus mean a palmyra man, that is, a toddy-drawer. In the enumeration schedules, the name was often written Karumpuran. If this etymology is correct, this caste must originally have been Shanans or Iluvans. It is said to have come from the village of Tiruvadamarudur in Tanjore, and settled in the north-eastern part of Madura. The caste has seven sub-castes, called after seven nadus or villages in Madura, in which it originally settled. In its ceremonies, etc., it closely follows the Ilamagams. Its title is Pillai." Karutta (dark-coloured).--Recorded, at the Madras census, 1891, as a sub-division of Idaiyans, who have also returned Karuttakkadu, meaning black cotton soil or regur. Karuva Haddi.--A name for the scavenging section of Haddis. Karuvan.--A corrupt form of Karuman. Karuvelam.--Recorded in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a sub-division of Nayar. Kasayi (butcher).--A Muhammadan occupational name. Kasi (Benares).--A gotra of Medara and Karna Sale. Kasi.--A name for the stone-mason section of Kamsalas. Kasturi (musk).--An exogamous sept of Badaga, Kamma, Okkiliyan, and Vakkaliga. Indian musk is obtained from the musk glands of the Himalayan musk-deer, Moschus moschiferus. Kasuba (workmen).--A section of Irulas of the Nilgiris, who have abandoned jungle life in favour of working on planters' estates or elsewhere. Kasukkar.--The name, derived from kas, cash, of a sub-division of Chetti. Kasula (copper coins).--An exogamous sept of Padma Sale. Kasyapa.--A Brahmanical gotra adopted by Bhatrazus, Khatris, and Tontis. Kasyapa was one of the seven important Rishis, and the priest of Parasu Rama. Katakam (crab).--An exogamous sept of Komati. Katal Arayan.--See Valan. Katari (dagger: katar).--An exogamous sept of Golla, Mutracha, and Yerukala. The dagger or poignard, called katar, has "a solid blade of diamond section, the handle of which consists of two parallel bars with a cross-piece joining them. The hand grips the crosspiece, and the bars pass along each side of the wrist." [122]