it, and cook it. No portion of the rice obtained by begging should be sold for money. The Satanis play an important part in the social life of the Vaishnavites of the district, and are the gurus of some of the cultivating and other classes. They preside at the final death ceremonies of the non-Brahman Vaishnavite castes. They burn their dead, and perform the chinna (little) and pedda rozu (big day) death ceremonies. Sathu.--A synonym, meaning a company of merchants or travellers, of Perike and Janappan. Saurashtra.--A synonym of the Patnulkarans, derived from the Saurashtra country, whence they came southward. They also style themselves Saurashtra Brahmans. Savalaikkaran.--A Tamil name for fishermen, who fish in the sea. Savalai or saval thadi is the flattened paddle used for rowing boats. The Savalaikkarans are more akin to the Pallis or Vanniyans than to the Sembadavans. Though a large number are agriculturists, some play on the nagasaram (reed instrument). In the Tinnevelly district, where Melakkarans are scarce, the temple musicians are either Savalaikkarans or Panisavans. The agricultural Savalaikkarans use the title Padayachi, and the musicians the title Annavi. Their marriages last three days, and the milk-post is made of teak-wood. Widow remarriage is prohibited. The dead are always buried. Socially they are on a par with the Maravans, with whom they interdine. Savali.--A synonym of Budubudike. Savantiya.--A synonym of Samantiya. Savara.--The Savaras, Sawaras, or Saoras, are an important hill-tribe in Ganjam and Vizagapatam.The name is derived by General Cunningham from the Scythian sagar, an axe, in reference to the axe which they carry in their hands. In Sanskrit, sabara or savara means a mountaineer, barbarian, or savage. The tribe has been identified by various authorities with the Suari of Pliny and Sabarai of Ptolemy. "Towards the Ganges," the latter writes, "are the Sabarai, in whose country the diamond is found in great abundance." This diamond-producing country is located by Cunningham near Sambalpur in the Central Provinces. In one of his grants, Nandivarma Pallavamalla, a Pallava king, claims to have released the hostile king of the Sabaras, Udayana by name, and captured his mirror-banner made of peacock's feathers. The Rev. T. Foulkes [148] identifies the Sabaras of this copper-plate grant with the Savaras of the eastern ghats. But Dr. E. Hultzsch, who has re-edited the grant, [149] is of opinion that these Sabaras cannot be identified with the Savaras. The Aitareya Brahmana of the Rig-veda makes the Savaras the descendants of the sons of Visvamitra, who were cursed to become impure by their father for an act of disobedience, while the Ramayana describes them as having emanated from the body of Vasishta's cow to fight against the sage Visvamitra.