Nemilli (peacock). — An exogamous sept of Bōya and Balija.
Nerali (Eugenia Jambolana). — An exogamous sept of Gangadikāra Holeya.
Nerati.——Nerati or Neravati is a sub-division of Kāpu.
Nēse.——An occupational term, meaning weaver applied to several of the weaving castes, but more especially to the Kurnis. It is noted, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, that "in the inscriptions of Rāja Rāja the Chōla king, about the beginning of the eleventh century, the Paraiyan caste is called by its present name. It had then two sub-divisions, Nesavu (the weavers) and Ulavu (the ploughman)."
Nētpanivāndlu (neyyuta, to weave). — Recorded by the Rev. J. Cain *[1] as a name for Māla weavers.
Nettikōtala. — In a note on the Nettikōtalas or Neththikōtalasi, Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao writes that they correspond to the Kalladi Siddhans of the Tamil country. The name means those who cut their foreheads. They are mendicants who beg from Gavara Kōmatis, whom they are said to have assisted in days of old by delaying the progress of Rāja Vishnu Vardhana. (See Kōmati.) When their dues are not promptly paid, they make cuts in their foreheads and other parts of the body, and make blood flow.
Nēyigē.— The silk and cotton hand-loom weavers of the Mysore Province are, in the Census Report, 1891, dealt with collectively under the occupational name Nēyigē (weaving), which includes Bilimagga, Dēvānga, Khatri, Patvēgar, Sāle, Saurāshtra (Patnūlkāran), Sēniga and Togata.
- ↑ * Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879.
