OF MALABAR. 



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The six classes of Artizans are : 



1. As'ari (Carpenter). 



2. Murs'ari (Brazier). 



3. Kallas'ari (Stone mason). 



4. Thattan (Goldsmith). 



5. Kollan (Blacksmith). 



6. Irichhakollan (Blacksmith). 12 



The ten classes of Patita jatis are : 



1. Kaniar. 



2. Yilkurup. 



3. Kurup. 



4. Thoal Kurup. 



5. Velan. 



6. Panan. 



7. Paravan. 



8. Elavan, Chogan 13 



or Thy an. 



9. Mukkavan. 

 10. Valen, 



The eight classes of Nicha jatis are : 



1. Pariah. 4 9 Ullatan. 7. Velan. 



2. Pulaya. 5. Kurumpar. 8. Kaniyar. 



3. Nayadi. 14 6. Malayar. 



The eight extra Jatis are — 



(1) . Ammomars, the inhabitants of Panniore Grama- 



(2) . Nampiti with Brahminical thread. 



(3) . Do. without do. do. 



(4) . Putuval. 



(5) . Pilapilly. 



(6) . Samanthan. 



(7) . Karivelathu Nair. 



(8) . Vellalars of Nanjnad. 



Though Parasurama brought many people into Malabar, 

 yet it was the great Sankaracharya who divided them into 



(12) Of these six classes only the goldsmith and the brazier can approach 

 the Sudra without pulluting him. 



(13) The Shannars of South Travancore belong to this class. In Calicut 

 these people are called Thyars, in Cochin and some parts of Travancore 

 Elavans and Chogans, and in South Travancore Shannars. Their duty is to 

 draw toddy, and they gain their livelihood by their profession. 



(14) " In Malabar a Nayadi denies a Brahmin at a distance of seventy- 

 four paces, and a Nair though himself a Sudra would shoot one of these 

 degraded races if they approached too near." — Chips from German Workshop, 

 Vol. II, p. 356. 



