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ON THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS 
also the honorific title of Valankamattdr or Valahkuhttdr and 
claim in consequence precedence over the left-hand Pallar. 
The Tamil Cakkili, the Telugu and Kanarese Madiga, 
and the Maratha Mdiig all do belong to the same caste. 
Their occupation is mostly connected with leather and rope 
making. The enmity between the common Pariahs and 
these people is very acrimonious as it concerns precedence ; 
and a Mdng, who as ropemaker is generally also the hang- 
man, is said to regard as his proudest and most meritorious 
action the hanging of a Mahar or Maratha Pariah. Never- 
theless, the Pariahs and the CakkiHs, when not actually 
engaged in hostilities, acknowledge each other in a friendly 
manner as brothers-in-law. In his Madura Manual (11^ 
p. 7) Mr. Nelson mentions the curious fact that in Madura 
the Cakkili women belong- to the right-hand and their hus- 
bands to the left-hand. 
The words Mdng and Madiga are corruptions of Mdtahga. 
The division of the Sakti worshippers or §dktas in Dak- 
sinacaris and Vamacaris has nothing in common with the 
right or left hand castes. This difference concerns merely 
the puja, inasmuch as the daksindcdra, the right observance^ 
allows only milk, fruit, cakes made of blackgram, and other 
sweetmeats and sweet diinks, while the vdmdcdra, the left 
or adverse observance, permits, besides the mentioned eatables 
and drinks, meat and liquors also. 
The Yalll'var. 
The oppression which the Pariahs and Pallar have suf- 
fered has not drawn them closer together, but yet these 
two classes have theii- priesthood in common. These priests 
are called Valluvar, and their name has become reno-mied 
by Tiru Valjuva Ndgandr, the author of the famous Tamil 
work the Kural (@;r>orr). It is evident from this appellation 
itself, that Tiruvalluva Nayanar is not the real name of this 
