Rakshasa (a mythological giant).--An exogamous sept of Toreya. Ralla (precious stones).--A sub-division of Balijas who cut, polish, and trade in precious stones. A further sub-division into Mutiala (pearl) and Kempulu (rubies) is said to exist. Ramadosa (Cucumis Melo: sweet melon).--A sept of Viramushti. Rama Kshatri.--A synonym of Servegara. Ramanuja.--Satanis style themselves people of the Ramanuja Matham (religious sect) in reference to Ramanuja, the Tamil Brahman, who founded the form of Vaishnavism which prevails in Southern India. Ranaratod.--An exogamous sept of the Kuruvikkarans, who call themselves Ratodi. Ranaviran.--A name, meaning a brave warrior, returned by some Chakkiliyans. Randam Parisha (second party).--A section of Elayad. Rangari.--The Rangaris are summed up, in the Madras Census Report, 1891, as being "a caste of dyers and tailors found in almost all the Telugu districts. They are of Maratha origin, and still speak that language. They worship the goddess Ambabhavani. The dead are either burned or buried. Their title is Rao." In an account of the Rangaris of the North Arcot district, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes that "Rangari is a caste of dyers, chiefly found in Walajapet. They claim to be Kshatriyas, who accompanied Rama in his conquest of Ceylon, from which fact one of their names, Langari (lanka, the island, i.e., Ceylon), is said to be derived. Rama, for some reason or other, became incensed against, and persecuted them. Most were destroyed, but a respectable Kshatriya lady saved her two sons by taking off their sacred threads and causing one to pretend that he was a tailor sewing, and the other that he was a dyer, colouring his thread with the red betel nut and leaf, which she hurriedly supplied out of her mouth. The boys became the progenitors of the caste, the members of which now wear the thread. The descendants of the one brother are tailors, and of the other, the most numerous, dyers. Their chief feasts are the Dassara and Kaman, the former celebrated in honour of the goddess Tuljabhavani and the latter of Manmada, the Indian Cupid, fabled to have been destroyed by the flame of Siva's third eye. During the Kaman feast, fires of combustible materials are lighted, round which the votaries gather, and, beating their mouths, exclaim 'laba, laba', lamenting the death of Cupid. In this feast Rajputs, Mahrattas, Bondilis, and Guzeratis also join. The Rangaris speak Marathi, which they write in the northern character, and name Poona and Sholapur as the places in which they originally resided. In appearance they do not at all resemble the other claimants to Kshatriya descent, the Razus and Rajputs, for they are poorly developed and by no means handsome. Widow remarriage is permitted where children have not been born, but remarried widows are prohibited from taking part in religious processions, which seems a sign that the concession has been reluctantly permitted. In most of