Pasi.--A few members of this Bengal caste of toddy-drawers were returned at the Madras census, 1901. The name is said to be derived from pasa, a noose or cord, probably in reference to the sling used by them in climbing palm trees. [82] Pasi, meaning coloured glass beads, occurs as a sub-division of Idaiyan, and the equivalent Pasikatti as a sub-division of Valaiyan. Pasu.--Pasu (cow) or Pasula has been recorded as an exogamous sept of Boya, Mala and Madiga, and a sub-division of west coast Pulayans, who eat beef. Pasupula (turmeric).--Pasula or Pasupula is an exogamous sept of Boya and Devanga. Pasupuleti occurs as a sub-division of Balija. See Arashina. Patabonka.--A sub-division of Bonka. Patali.--An occupational name applied to priests of temples and bhuthasthanas (devil shrines), and Stanikas in South Canara. Patha (old).--A sub-division of Idiga, and a sept of Togata. Pathanchitannaya (green pea sept).--An exogamous sept of Bant. Pathi (cotton).--A sub-division of Kurubas, who use a wrist-thread made of cotton and wool mixed during the marriage ceremony. Also an exogamous sept of Gudala and Padma Sale. Pathinettan.--The Pathinettan or eighteen are carpenters in Malabar, who "are said to be the descendants of the smiths who remained to attend to the repairs to the eighteen temples, when the rest of the community fled to Ceylon, as related in the tradition of the origin of the Tiyans". [83] Paththar.--A section of Saivite Chettis, who wear the lingam, and have separated from the Acharapakam Chettis. They bury their dead in a sitting posture. A bamboo stick is tied to the kudumi (hair-knot) of the corpse, and the head pulled by its means towards the surface of the grave. Paththar is also a name given to goldsmiths by other castes. Patnaik.--A title of Karnam.