Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Anuloma

by Edgar Thurston

Anuloma.—One of the two classes of Sūdras, viz., Anuloma and Veloma. The term Anuloma is applied to those born of a higher-caste male and a lower-caste female, e.g., barbers are said to be the offspring of a Brāhman and a Vaisya woman.