Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Pāsi

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​Pāsi.— A few members of this Bengal caste of toddy-drawers were returned at the Madras census, 1901. The name is said to be derived from pāsa, a noose or cord, ​probably in reference to the sling used by them in climbing palm trees.*[1] Pāsi, meaning coloured glass beads, occurs as a sub-division of Idaiyan, and the equivalent Pāsikatti as a sub-division of Valaiyan.

  1. ↑ * Risley. Tribes and Castes of Bengal,
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