Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Embrāntiri

by Edgar Thurston

Embrāntiri. — Embrāntiri or Embrān is "a Malayalam name for Tulu Brāhmans settled in Malabar. They speak both Tulu and Malayalam. Some of them call themselves Nambūdris, but they never intermarry with that class."*^[1] By Wigram they are defined †^[2] as "a class of sacrificing Brāhmans, chiefly Tulu, who officiate at Sūdra ceremonies." It is a name for the Tulu Shivalli Brāhmans.

1. * Madras Census Report, 19OI.
2. † Malabar Law and Custom.