Samaya.--In his 'Inscriptions at Sravana Belgola' in Mysore, Mr. Lewis Rice refers to the Samaya as "Dasaris or Vaishnava religious mendicants, invested with authority as censors of morals. No religious ceremony or marriage could be undertaken without gaining their consent by the payment of fees, etc. Under the former Rajas the office was farmed out in all the large towns, and credited in the public accounts as samayachara. An important part of the profits arose either from the sale of women accused of incontinency, or from fines imposed on them for the same reason. The unfortunate women were popularly known as Sarkar (Government) wives." "The rules of the system," Wilks writes, [142] "varied according to the caste of the accused. Among Brahmans and Komatis, females were not sold, but expelled from their caste, and branded on the arm as prostitutes. They then paid to the ijardar (or contractor) an annual sum as long as they lived, and, when they died, all their property became his. Females of other Hindu castes were sold without any compunction by the ijardar, unless some relative stepped forward to satisfy his demand. These sales were not, as might be supposed, conducted by stealth, nor confined to places remote from general observation; for, in the large town of Bangalore, under the very eyes of the European inhabitants, a large building was appropriated to the accommodation of these unfortunate women, and, so late as 1833, a distinct proclamation of the Commissioners was necessary to enforce the abolition of this detestable traffic." Samayamuvaru.--An itinerant class of mendicants attached to the Sale caste. From a note by Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao, I gather that they say that the name is an abbreviation of Ranasamayamuvaru, or men of the day of battle. According to a legend, when Bhavana Rishi, the patron saint of the caste, was challenged to battle by Kalavasina, a rakshasa, these people were created, and, with their assistance, the rakshasa was conquered. In recognition of their services, Bhavana Rishi made the Sales maintain them. They wander from place to place in single families, and, when they reach a halting-place, dress up, and visit the house of the Pedda Senapati (headman), who feeds them for the day, and gives a chit (note) showing the amount paid by him. At their visits to Sale houses, Bhavana Rishi is praised. They marry in the presence of, and with the aid of the Sales. Samban.--Samban, meaning Samba or Siva, has been recorded as a sub-division of Idaiyan and Paraiyan. At times of census, Sambuni Kapu has been returned as the caste name by some Palle fishermen in Nellore.