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ENANGAN

Elugu (bear). — An exogamous sept of Yānādi.

Eluttacchan. — Eluttacchan or Ezhuttacchan, meaning teacher or master of learning, is the name for educated Kadupattans of Malabar employed as school-masters.

Emān.— A corruption of Yajamānan, lord, recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a title of Nāyar.

Embrāntiri. — Embrāntiri or Embrān is "a Malayalam name for Tulu Brāhmans settled in Malabar. They speak both Tulu and Malayalam. Some of them call themselves Nambūdris, but they never intermarry with that class."*[1] By Wigram they are defined †[2] as "a class of sacrificing Brāhmans, chiefly Tulu, who officiate at Sūdra ceremonies." It is a name for the Tulu Shivalli Brāhmans.

Emme (buffalo). — See Yemmē.

Ena Korava. — See Korava.

Enādi.— Recorded, in the Madras Census Report,1901, as "a name for Shānāns, derived from Enādi Nayanār, a Saivite saint. It also means Ambattan, or barber." The word denotes a chief, barber, or minister.

Enangan. — Enangan or Inangan is defined by Mr. K. Kannan Nayar ‡[3] as "a member of an Inangu, this being a community of a number of tarwads, the members of which may interdine or intermarry, and are bound to assist one another, if required, in the performance of certain social and religious rites." It is noted, in the Gazetteer of Malabar, that "an Enangan or Inangan is a man of the same caste and sub-division or marriage groups. It is usually translated kinsman, but is at once wider and narrower in its connotation. My

  1. * Madras Census Report, 19OI.
  2. † Malabar Law and Custom.
  3. ‡ Malabar Quarterly Review, VII, 3, 1908.