same process and is buried, but never burned or thrown into the river."
A few Gōsāyis, at the Mysore census, returned gōtras, of which the chief were Achūta and Daridra (poverty-stricken). In the Madras Census Report, 1901, Mandula (medicine man) and Bāvāji are returned as a sub-division and synonym of Gōsāyi. The name Gūse or Gusei is applied to Oriya Brāhmans owing to their right of acting as gurus or family priests.
Gōsu (pride).—An exogamous sept of Dēvānga.
Goundan.— It is noted, in the Salem Manual, that " some of the agricultural classes habitually append the title Goundan as a sort of caste nomenclature after their names, but the word applies, par excellence, to the head of the village, or Ūr Goundan as he is called." As examples of castes which take Goundan as their title,the Pallis, Okkiliyans, and Vellālas may be cited. A planter, or other, when hailing a Malayāli of the Shevaroy hills, always calls him Goundan.
Goyi (lizard: Varanus).—An exogamous sept of Bottada.
Grāmani.—The title of some Shānāns, and of the headman of the Khatris. In Malabar, the name gramam (a village) is applied to a Brāhmanical colony, or collection of houses, as the equivalent of the agrahāram of the Tamil country.*[1]
Gūdala.—The Gūdalas are a Telugu caste of basket-makers in Vizagapatam and Ganjam. The name is derived from gūda, a basket for baling water. For the following note I am indebted to Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao. The original occupation of the caste is said to have been the collection of medicinal herbs and roots for native
- ↑ • Wigram. Malabar Law and Custom,
