Kombu (stick). — An exogamous sept of Kuruba.
Komma.— Komma (a musical horn) or Kommula has been recorded as an exogamous sept of Kamma and Māla. Kommula is further a professional title for horn-blowers, mainly Māla, Mādiga, and Panisavan, who perform at festivals and funerals.
Kommi.——A gōtra of Gollas, the members of which may not use kommi fuel.
Kompala (houses). — An exogamous sept of Dēvānga.
Kōnān.— Kōnān or Kōnār is a title of Idaiyans. Some Gollas call themselves Kōnānulu.
Kōnangi (buffoon). — An exogamous sept of Dēvānga.
Konda (mountain). — An exogamous sept of Dēvānga and Mēdara, and a synonym for Konda Dora.
Konda Dora. — The Konda Doras are a caste of hill cultivators, found chiefly in Vizagapatam. Concerning them Surgeon-Major W. R. Cornish writes as follows.*[1] "Contrasting strangely with the energetic, patriarchal, and land-reverencing Parja (Poroja), are the neighbouring indigenous tribes found along the slopes of the eastern ghauts. They are known as Konda Doras, Konda Kāpus, and Ojas. From what has been ascertained of their languages, it seems certain that, divested of the differences which have been engrafted upon them by the fact of the one being influenced by Uriya and the other by Telugu, they are substantially of the same origin as the Parja language and the Khond language. But the people themselves seem to have entirely lost all those rights to the soil, which are now characteristic of the more northern tribes. They are completely at the
- ↑ • Madras Census Report, 1871,
