Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Khāsa

by Edgar Thurston

Khāsa. — It is noted by the Rev. J. Cain*^[1] that "members of this caste are found chiefly in attendance on zamindars and other rich people, and report says that they are not unfrequently their illegitimate children." Khāsa is synonymous with Ādapāpa (q.v.).

1. * Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879,