Thenige Buvva.--A sub-division of Madigas, who offer food (buvva) to the god in a dish or tray (thenige) at marriages. Thikka (simpleton).--A sub-division of Kuruba. Thippa (rubbish heap).--An exogamous sept of Karna Sale. Thogamalai Korava.--Recorded [13] as a synonym of a thief class in the southern districts of the Madras Presidency. In a recent note on the Koravas, Mr. F. Fawcett writes that "a fact to be noted is that people such as the members of the well-known Thogamalai gang, who are always called Koravas by the police, are not Koravas at all. They are simply a criminal community, into which outsiders are admitted, who give their women in marriage outside the caste, and who adopt children of other castes." Thogaru (bitter).--An exogamous sept of Musu Kamma. Thoka (tail).--An exogamous sept of Yerukala. Thonda (Cephalendra indica).--An exogamous sept of Musu Kamma, and gotra of Janappans, members of which abstain from using the fruit or leaves of the thonda plant. Thumma (babul: Acacia arabica).--An exogamous sept of Mala and Padma Sale. The bark, pods, and leaves of the babul tree are used by tanners in the preparation of hides and skins, or as a dye. Thumu (iron measure for measuring grain).--An exogamous sept of Mutracha. Thupa (ghi, clarified butter).--An exogamous sept of Kuruba. Thurpu (eastern).--A sub-division of Yerukala and Yanadi. Thuta (hole).--An exogamous sept of Devanga. Tigala.--Tigala is summed up, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as "a Canarese synonym for the Tamil Palli; applied also by the Canarese people to any Tamil Sudras of the lower castes." In parts of the Mysore country, the Tamil language is called Tigalu, and the Canarese Madhva Brahmans speak of Tamil Smarta Brahmans as Tigalaru. Some of the Tigalas, who have settled in Mysore, have forgotten their mother-tongue, and speak only Canarese, while others, e.g., those who live round about Bangalore, still speak Tamil. In their type of cranium they occupy a position intermediate between the dolichocephalic Pallis and the sub-brachy cephalic Canarese classes. The difference in the type of cranium of the Tigalas and Tamil Pallis is clearly brought by the following tabular statements of their cephalic indices:-- a. Tigala-- 68 * 69 70 71 * 72 ***** 73 **** 74 * 75 * 76 ***** 77 **** 78 ***** 79 *** 80 *** 81 **** 82 * 83 84 ** b. Palli-- 64 * 65 66 67 ** 68 * 69 * 70 * 71 **** 72 ***** 73 ******* 74 **** 75 ******** 76 * 77 * 78 * 79 ** 80 *