Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Dhaniāla

by Edgar Thurston

Dhaniāla (coriander). — An exogamous sept of Kamma. Dhaniāla Jāti, or coriander caste, is an opprobrious name applied to Kōmatis, indicating that, in business transactions, they must be crushed as coriander fruits are crushed before the seed is sown.