Puchcha.--Puccha or Puchcha Kaya (fruit of Citrullus Colocynthis) is the name of a gotra or sept of Boyas, Komatis, and Viramushtis, who are a class of mendicants attached to the Komatis. The same name, or picchi kaya, denoting the water-melon Citrullus vulgaris, occurs as a sept or house-name of Panta Reddis and Seniyans (Devangas), the members of which may not eat the fruit. The name Desimarada has been recently substituted by the Seniyans for picchi kaya. Pudamuri (pudaya, a woman's cloth; muri, cuttings).--Defined by Mr. Wigram as a so-called 'marriage' ceremony performed among the Nayars in North Malabar. (See Nayar.) Pudu Nattan (new country).--A sub-division of Idaiyan. Pu Islam.--See Putiya Islam. Pujari.--Pujari is an occupational title, meaning priest, or performer of puja (worship). It is described by Mr. H. A. Stuart [113] as "a name applied to a class of priests, who mostly preside in the temples of the female deities--the Grama Devatas or Ur Ammas--and not in those of Vishnu or Siva. They do not wear the sacred thread, except on solemn occasions." Pujari has been recorded as a title of Billavas as they officiate as priests at bhutasthanas (devil shrines), and of Halepaiks, and Pujali as a title of some Irulas. Some families of Kusavans (potters), who manufacture clay idols, are also known as pujari. Puja occurs as a sub-division of the Gollas. Some criminal Koravas travel in the guise of Pujaris, and style themselves Korava Pujaris. Pula.--A sub-division of Cheruman. Pula (flowers).--An exogamous sept of Boya, Padma Sale and Yerukala. Pulan.--Barbers of Tamil origin, who have settled in Travancore. Pulavar.--A title of Occhan and Panisavan. Pulayan.--See Cheruman and Thanda Pulayan. Puli (tiger).--Recorded as an exogamous sept or gotra of Balija, Golla, Kamma, and Medara. The equivalent Puliattanaya occurs as an exogamous sept of Bant. Puliakodan.--A class of carpenters in Malabar, whose traditional occupation is to construct oil mills. Puliasari.--A division of Malabar Kammalans, the members of which do mason's work (puli, earth). Paravas who are engaged in a similar calling are, in like manner, called Puli Kollan. Pulikkal.--Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a sub-division of Nayar. Puliyan.--A sub-division of Nayar. Puliyattu.--Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as synonymous with Pulikkappanikkan, a sub-division of Nayar. Pullakura (pot-herbs).--An exogamous sept of Idiga. Pulluvan.--The Pulluvans of Malabar are astrologers, medicine-men, priests and singers in snake groves. The name is fancifully derived from pullu, a hawk, because the Pulluvan is clever in curing the disorders which pregnant women and babies suffer from through the evil influence of these birds. The Pulluvans are sometimes called Vaidyans (physicians).