The Vaidikas and Smartas are very learned in the Smritis, and it is with them that the whole caste government of the Nambutiris absolutely rests." The names of the Nambutiris measured by Mr. Fawcett were as follows:-- Nilakantan. Bhavasarman. Paramesvaran. Nandi. Raman. Kuberan. Harijayandan. Madhavan. Chandrasekharan. Anantan. Vasudevan. Nambiatan. Greni. Shannan. Damodaran. Krishnan. Sivadasan. Sankaran. Mahesvaran. In connection with the names of Nambutiris, Mr. Subramani Aiyar writes as follows. "A list of names not current or unusual now among other Brahman communities in Southern India may be interesting. These are-- Vishnu. Kadamban. Gayantan. Chitran. Devadattan. Gadavedan. Kiratan. Bhavadasan. Prabhakaran. Srikumaran. Dattareyan "The conspicuous absence of the names of the third son of Siva (Sasta), such as Hariharaputra and Budhanatha, may be noted. Nor are the names of Ganapathi much in favour with them. Sridevi and Savitri are the two most common names, by which Nambutiri females are known. There are also certain other names of a Prakrita or non-classic character, used to denote males and females, which sometimes border on the humorous. Among these are-- Males. Females. Nampiyattan. Nangngaya. Ittiyattan. Nangngeli. Uzhutran. Pappi. Tuppan. Ittichchiri. Nampotta. Unnima. Chiruta. "Some names in this list are identifiable with the names of divinities and puranic personages. For example, Uzhutran is a corruption of Rudran. In the same manner, Tuppan is the Prakrit for Subramanya, and Chiruta for Sita. Unnima is another name for Uma or Parvati. Nambutiris grudge to grant the title of Nambutiri to each other. For instance, the Tamarasseri Nambutiri calls the Mullappalli Nambutiri merely Mullapalli (house name). But, if the person addressed is an Adhya of one of the eight houses, or at least a Tantri Adhya, the title Nambutiri is added to his name. Again, if there are in a house two Nambutiris, one of them being the father and the other the son, the father whenever he writes, subscribes himself as the Achchan Nambutiri or father Nambutiri, while the son subscribes himself as the Makan or son Nambutiri. In Malabar there were two poets called Venmani Achchan Nambutiri and Venmani Makan Nambutiri, venmani signifying the name of the illam. It is only in documents and other serious papers that the proper name or sarman of the Nambutiri would be found mentioned."