Dūdi (cotton) Balija. — A name for traders in cotton in the Telugu country, and an occupational sub-division of Kōmati.
Durga (fort). — A gōtra of Kurni.
Dūtan. — Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, as a synonym of Āri.
Dyavana (tortoise). — An exogamous sept of Mogēr.
Eddulu (bulls). — See Yeddulu.
Ediannāya (hornet's nest). — An exogamous sept of Bant.
Egadāvan. — Recorded, at times of census, as an exogamous sept of Anappans, who are Canarese cattle-grazers settled in the Tamil country. Possibly it is a corruption of Heggade, a title among Kurubas.
Ekākshara.— A sub-division of Sātāni. The name is derived from Ekākshara, meaning one syllable, i.e., the mystic syllable Ōm.
Ēkāri.— This caste is summed up in the Madras Census Report, 1901, under the names Ēkāri, Ēkali, Yākari, and Yākarlu, as a sub-caste of Mutrācha. Mr. H. A. Stuart writes *[1] that " Ekaris or Yākarlu are a class of cultivators and village watchmen, found chiefly in the northern taluks of North Arcot, and in the adjoining district of Cuddapah. It is very doubtful whether the Ekaris and Mutrāchas are identical castes. The census statistics are, I think, sufficient to throw grave doubt on this view. Neither name, for instance, appears as a sub-division of the other, although this would certainly
- ↑ * Manual of the North Arcot district; Madras Census Report, 1891.
