In a note on the Sanis of the Godavari district, Mr. F. R. Hemingway writes as follows. "In this district, dancing-girls and prostitutes are made up of six perfectly distinct castes, which are in danger of being confused. These are the Sanis proper, Bogams, Dommara Sanis, Turaka Sanis, Mangala Bogams, and Madiga Bogams. Of these, the Bogams claim to be superior, and will not dance in the presence of, or after a performance by any of the others. The Sanis do not admit this claim, but they do not mind dancing after the Bogams, or in their presence. All the other classes are admittedly inferior to the Sanis and the Bogams. The Sanis would scorn to eat with any of the other dancing castes. The Sani women are not exclusively devoted to their traditional profession. Some of them marry male members of the caste, and live respectably with them. The men do not, as among the dancing castes of the south, assist in the dancing, or by playing the accompaniments or forming a chorus, but are cultivators and petty traders. Like the dancing-girls of the south, the Sanis keep up their numbers by the adoption of girls of other castes. They do service in the temples, but they are not required to be formally dedicated or married to the god, as in the Tamil country. Those of them who are to become prostitutes are usually married to a sword on attaining puberty." Sani, meaning apparently cow-dung, occurs as a sub-division of the Tamil Agamudaiyans. Sanjogi.--The Sanjogis are an Oriya class of religious mendicants, who wear the sacred thread, and act as priests for Panos and other lowly people. The name indicates connection, and that they are the connecting link between ordinary people and those who have given up earthly pleasures (Sanyasis). The Sanjogis follow the ordinary as well as the ascetic life. Mr. G. Ramamurti Pantulu informs me that they are believed to be the offspring of ascetics who have violated their vow of celibacy, and women with whom they have lived. They make and sell bead rosaries of the sacred tulsi or basil (Ocimum sanctum) which are worn by various Oriya castes. Some are cultivators, while others are beggars. A Sanjogi beggar goes about with a bell on the thigh, and a coloured pot on the left shoulder. A few are employed at Oriya maths (religious institutions), where it is their duty to invite Bairagis and ascetics to a dinner party, and afterwards to remove the leaf platters, and eat the food which is left. Sankati (ragi or millet pudding).--An exogamous sept of Boya. Ragi is the staple dietary of many of the lower classes, who cannot afford rice.