Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Arigala

by Edgar Thurston

Arigala.—Arigala, denoting a dish carried in procession, occurs as an exogamous sept of Mutrācha. Arigala and Arika, both meaning the millet Paspalum scrobiculatum, are septs of Jātapu and Panta Reddi.The latter may not use the grain as food.