Patro.--The title of the head of a group of villages in Ganjam, and also recorded, at times of census, as a title of Alia, Kalinga Komati, Dolai, and Jaggala. The conferring of a cloth (sadhi) on a Patro is said to be emblematic of conferring an estate. The Patro, among other perquisites, is entitled to a fee on occasions of marriage. I am informed that, in the Ganjam Maliahs, if a Kondh was unable to pay the fee, he met his love at night beneath two trysting trees, and retired with her into the jungle for three days and nights. Patrudu.--The title, meaning those who are fit to receive a gift, of Aiyarakulu and Nagaralu. Pattadhikari.--A class of Jangams, who have settled head-quarters. Pattan.--The equivalent of the Brahman Bhatta. A name by which some Kammalans, especially goldsmiths, style themselves. Pattanavada.--A synonym for the Moger fishing caste, the settlements of which are called pattana. Pattanavan.--The fishermen on the east coast, from the Kistna to the Tanjore district, are popularly called Karaiyan, or sea-shore people. Some Karaiyans have, at times of census, returned themselves as Taccha (carpenter) Karaiyans. Pattanavan means literally a dweller in a town or pattanam, which word occurs in the names of various towns on the sea-coast, e.g., Nagapattanam (Negapatam), Chennapattanam (Madras). The Pattanavans have two main divisions, Periya (big) and Chinna (small), and, in some places, for example, at Nadukuppam in the Nellore district, exogamous septs, e.g., Gengananga, Peyananga, Kathananga (children of Ganga, Peyan, and Kathanar), and Kullananga (children of dwarfs). In the Telugu country, they go by the name of Pattapu or Tulivandlu. Some Pattanavans give themselves high-sounding caste titles, e.g., Ariyar, Ayyayiraththalaivar (the five thousand chiefs), Ariya Nattu Chetti (Chettis of the Ariyar country), Acchu Vellala, Karaiturai (sea-coast) Vellala, Varunakula Vellala or Varunakula Mudali after Varuna, the god of the waters, or Kurukula vamsam after Kuru, the ancestor of the Kauravas. Some Pattanavans have adopted the title Pillai. The Pattanavans are said to be inferior to the Sembadavans, who will not accept food at their hands, and discard even an earthen pot which has been touched by a Pattanavan.