It is noted by Mr. F. R. Hemingway *[1] that, at Ratnagiri, in the Trichinopoly district, the Kaikōlans, in performance of a vow, thrust a spear through the muscles of the abdomen in honour of their god Sāhānayanar.
Kaila (measuring grain in the threshing-floor). — An exogamous sept of Māla.
Kaimal.— A title of Nāyars, derived from kai, hand, signifying power.
Kaipūda.— A sub-division of Holeya.
Kaivarta.— A sub-division of Kevuto.
Kāka (crow). — The legend relating to the Kāka people is narrated in the article on Koyis. The equivalent Kāki occurs as a sept of Mālas, and Kāko as a sept of Kondras.
Kākara or Kākarla (Momordica Charantia). — An exogamous sept of Kamma and Mūka Dora.
Kākirekka-vāndlu (crows' feather people). — Mendicants who beg from Mutrāchas, and derive their name from the fact that, when begging, they tie round their waists strings on which crows', paddy birds' (heron) feathers, etc., are tied.
Kakka Kuravan.— A division of Kuravas of Travancore.
Kakkalan.— The Kakkalans or Kakkans are a vagrant tribe met with in north and central Travancore, who are identical with the Kakka Kuravans of south Travancore. There are among them four endogamous divisions called Kavitiyan, Manipparayan, Meluttan, and Chattaparayan, of which the two first are the most important. The Kavitiyans are further sub-divided into Kollak Kavitiyan residing in central Travancore,
- ↑ * Gazetteer of the Trichinopoly district.
