Tengina (cocoanut palm).--The name of a section of Halepaiks, who tap the cocoanut for extracting toddy. Tennam.--Tennam (cocoanut) or Tennanjanar (cocoanut tappers) is recorded as the occupational name of Shanan. Tenkayala (cocoanut) occurs as an exogamous sept of Yanadi, and the equivalent Tennang as a tree or kothu of Kondaiyamkotti Maravans. Tennilainadu.--A territorial sub-division of Kallan. Terkattiyar (southerner).--A term applied to Kallan, Maravan, Agamudaiyan, and other immigrants into the Tanjore district. At Mayavaram, for example, it is applied to Kallans, Agamudaiyans, and Valaiyans. Tertal.--A division of Toda. Teruvan.--A synonym of the Malabar Chaliyans, who are so called because, unlike most of the west coast castes, they live in streets (teru). Tevadiyal (servant of god).--The Tamil name for Deva-dasis. Tevan (god) occurs as a title of Maravans. Teyyambadi.--A section of Ambalavasis or temple servants in Malabar, the members of which dance and sing in Bhagavati temples, and perform a song called nagapattu (song in honour of serpents) in private houses, which is supposed to be effective in procuring offspring. [9] Thadla.--Thadla or Thalla, meaning rope, is an exogamous sept of Devanga and Karna Sale. Thakur.--About a hundred members of this caste are returned, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as belonging to a Bombay caste of genealogists and cultivators. It is recorded, in the Bombay Gazetteer, that "inferior in rank to Marathas, the Thakurs are idle and of unclean habits. Though some of them till and twist woollen threads for blankets, they live chiefly by begging and ballad singing. At times they perform plays representing events mentioned in the Purans and Ramayan, and showing wooden puppets moved by strings." Thalakokala (female cloths).--An exogamous sept of Devanga. Thalam (palmyra palm).--An exogamous sept or illam of Kanikar. Thamballa (sword bean: Canavalia ensiformis).--An exogamous sept of Tsakalas, members of which will not eat the bean. Thamburi.--A class of people in Mysore, who are Muhammadans, dress like Lambadis, but do not intermarry with them. (See Lambadi.)