At Sradhas (memorial services), the Karta, or performer of the ceremony, throws a flower as a mark of spiritual homage at the feet of the Brahmins who are invited to represent the manes, and greets them in the conventional form (namaskara). The priest does the other ceremonies. After the invited Brahmins have been duly entertained, oblations of cooked rice are offered to the ancestors by the Karta himself. They are to repeat the Gayatri ten times at each Sandhya prayer, together with the Panchakshara and the Ashtakshara mantras. Their caste government is in the hands of the Nambutiri Vaidikas. Their family priests belong to the class of Malayala Pottis, known as Tiruveli Pottis. Besides the ordinary names prevalent among Koiltampurans, names such as Martanda Varma, Aditya Varma, and Udaya Varma are also met with. Pet names, such as Kungaru, Kungappan, Kungoman, Kungunni, Unni and Ampu are common. In the Travancore Royal House, the first female member always takes the name of Lakshmi and the second that of Parvati. Tamoli.--A few members of this North India caste of betel-leaf sellers have been returned at times of census. I am unable to discover in what district they occur. Tambuli or Tamuli is recorded as a caste of betel-leaf sellers in Bengal, and Tamboli as a caste carrying on a similar occupation in the Bombay Presidency. Tanamanadu.--A sub-division of Valaiyan. Tanda.--The word literally refers to a settlement or encampment of the Lambadis, by some of whom it is, at times of census, returned as a tribal synonym. Tandan.--It is recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1891, that "in Walluvanad and Palghat (in Malabar) Tandan is a distinct caste. The ceremonies observed by Tandans are, in general outline, the same as those of the southern Tiyyans, but the two do not intermarry, each claiming superiority over the other. There is a custom which prohibits the Tandan females of Walluvanad from crossing a channel which separates that taluk from Mankara on the Palghat side." The Tandans of Malabar are described by Mr. F. Fawcett as a people allied to the Izhuvans, who observe the custom of fraternal polyandry, which the Izhuvans abhor. For the following note on the Tandans of Travancore, I am indebted to Mr. N. Subramani Aiyar.