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ing honours on such auspicious occasion ; namely, a Nerrina- 

 mantapa (or a perpendicular wooden frame) with cloths cover- 

 ing the four pillars thereof and a canopy attached thereto ; 

 Nademadi, (cloths spread on the road for the procession to 

 pass over) ; Nadechappara, (canopy used in procession) ; Na- 

 devadya (musical instruments played in such procession) 

 the dancing (of girls) and music, &c. : while on the occasion 

 of death, JSele Upparige (a litter with upper story) ; music 

 with Pari, as also the drums called Bheri and Dolu, and 

 the bell should be made use of and rice scattered about 

 with the cry of Muriyo, Muriyo. 



Bali (classes) are eighteen and Bannanirubali (or such 

 classes as have the colour of a caste,) are four. The family 

 of such person as has established Balisavira Brahma in the 

 territories ruled by the king, who is competent for a Bali 

 (class), is pure. Bhutalapaiidya declared that the Bali of 

 such person as is not fit (for the same) or of such person 

 as has no Brahma, or also of such an one as has no king 

 for the country in which (he lives himself) is Banna Kammi 

 ( inferior'. 



SaVu and Balu are as follows. The eldest, either female 

 or male, of the children of (one's) senior and junior maternal 

 aunts, (hirikiritdyi) may stand (as a manager) on the death 

 (of the former incumbent) ; but the children of (such) senior 

 and junior branches would not be entitled to a partition. The 

 (other) members of the family should live unitedly. If in so 

 doing, discord arise between the elder and younger sisters, 

 the eldest of these should give the younger a house as well as 

 an allowance for the household expense, and should manage 

 the affairs, having herself had a title to Urigiri (good or 

 bad ?) Bhutalapandya made a rule that no nicuddhi (par- 

 tition) should be made(a). Only the surviving heir will 

 be entitled to the seats of the Pattam, and Patti honours, 

 and not the other members of the family, who would only be 

 entitled thereto on the extinction of such heir. 



Badukugalu are thus :- 



Bhutalapandya recorded the rule that, excepting the 

 wedding-gift given to a married girl, the property that may 

 be given (to her) by the husband of his own accord, though 

 it be only a visam (a trifling portion, a sixteenth), may 



(a) In S. A. No. 83 of 1862 the High Court of Madras held that 

 division of family property could not be enforced by a member of a family 

 governed by the law of aliyasantana, 1 Mad. H. C. Rep, 380 j and this 

 decision was followed in & A, lS T o, 323 of 1863. -iW. 



