The Patnulkarans have a secret trade language, concerning which Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao writes as follows. "The most remarkable feature about it is the number of terms and phrases borrowed from the craft, to which special meanings are given. Thus a man of no status is stigmatised as a rikhta khandu, i.e., a spindle without the yarn. Similarly, a man of little sense is called a mhudha, the name of a thick peg which holds one side of the roller. Likewise, a talkative person is referred to as a rhetta, or roller used for winding the thread upon spindles, which makes a most unpleasant creaking noise. Kapiniker, from kapini, a technical term used for cutting the loom off, means to make short work of an undesirable person. A man who is past middle age is called porkut phillias, which, in weavers' parlance, means that half the loom is turned." Patra.--The Patras are an Oriya caste, which is divided into two sections, one of which is engaged in the manufacture of silk (pata) waist-threads, tassels, etc., and the other in weaving silk cloths. The members of the two sections do not interdine. The former have exogamous septs or bamsams, the names of which are also used as titles, e.g., Sahu, Patro, and Prushti. The latter have exogamous septs, such as Tenga, Jaggali, Telaga, and Mahanayako, and Behara and Nayako as titles. The chief headman of the cloth-weaving section is called Mahanayako, and there are other officers called Behara and Bhollobaya. The headman of the other section is called Senapati, and he is assisted by a Dhanapati. Infant marriage is the rule, and, if a girl does not secure a husband before she reaches maturity, she must, if she belongs to the cloth-weaving section, go through a form of marriage with an old man, and, if to the other section, with an arrow. The Telugu Patras are summed up, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as "a Telugu caste of hunters and cultivators, found chiefly in the districts of Cuddapah and Kurnool. It has two divisions, the Doras (chiefs), and Gurikalas (marksmen), the former of which is supposed to be descended from the old Poligars (feudal chiefs), and the latter from their followers and servants. This theory is supported by the fact that, at the weddings of Gurikalas, the Doras receive the first pan-supari (betel leaf and areca nut). Widows may not remarry, nor is divorce recognised. They usually employ Brahmans at marriages, and Satanis at funerals. Though they are Vaishnavites, they also worship village deities, such as Gangamma and Ellamma. They bury their dead, and perform annual sraddhas (memorial services for the dead). They will eat with Gollas. Their title is Naidu." Patramela.--Patramela, or Patradeva, is the name of a class of dancing girls in South Canara. Patramela, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes, [89] is the name by which the Konkani Kalavants (courtezans) are known above the ghauts.