Pandava-kulam.--A title, indicative "of the caste of the Pandava kings," assumed by Jatapus and Konda Doras, who worship the Pandavas. The Pandava kings were the heroes of the Mahabharata, who fought a great battle with the Kauravas, and are said to have belonged to the lunar race of Kshatriyas. The Pandavas had a single wife named Draupadi, whom the Pallis or Vanniyans worship, and celebrate annually in her honour a fire-walking festival. The Pallis claim to belong to the fire race of Kshatriyas, and style themselves Agnikula Kshatriyas, or Vannikula Kshatriyas. Pandi (pig).--Recorded as an exogamous sept of Asili, Boya, and Gamalla. Pandipattu (pig catchers) and Pandikottu (pig killers) occur as exogamous septs of Odde. Pandito.--Pandit or Pundit (pandita, a learned man) has been defined [40] as "properly a man learned in Sanskrit lore. The Pundit of the Supreme Court was a Hindu law-officer, whose duty it was to advise the English Judges when needful on questions of Hindu law. The office became extinct on the constitution of the High Court (in 1862). In the Mahratta and Telugu countries, the word Pandit is usually pronounced Pant (in English colloquial Punt)." In the countries noted, Pant occurs widely as a title of Brahmans, who are also referred to as Pantulu varu. The titles Sanskrit Pundit, Telugu Pundit, etc., are still officially recognised at several colleges in the Madras Presidency. Pandit sometimes occurs as an honorific prefix, e.g., Pandit S. M. Natesa Sastri, and Panditan is a name given to Tamil barbers (Ambattan). In some parts of the Tamil country, Panditar is used as a name for Madhva Brahmans, because, it is said, many of them were formerly engaged as pandits at the Law Courts. Pandito is further the name of "an Oriya caste of astrologers and physicians. They wear the sacred thread, and accept drinking water only from Brahmans and Gaudos. Infant marriage is practiced, and widow marriage is prohibited." [41] I am informed that these Panditos engage Brahmans for their ceremonials, do not drink liquor, and eat fish and mutton, but not fowls or beef. The females wear glass bangles. They are known by the name of Khodikaro, from khodi, a kind of stone, with which they write figures on the floor, when making astrological calculations. The stone is said to be something like soapstone. Pandita occurs as an exogamous sept of Stanikas. Pandya.--The territorial name Pandya, Pandiya, Pandiyan, or Pandi has been returned, at recent times of census, as a sub-division of various Tamil classes, e.g., Ambattan, Kammalan, Occhan, Pallan, Vannan, and Vellala. Pandiya is further a title of some Shanans. In Travancore, Pandi has been returned by some Izhavans. The variant Pandiangal occurs as an exogamous sept of the Tamil Vallambans, and Pandu as a Tamil synonym for Kapu or Reddi.