Kalamkotti (potter). — An occupational title of Nāyar.
Kalāsi.— A name given to Vāda fishermen by Oriya people.
Kālava (channel or ditch). — An exogamous sept of Padma Sālē.
Kalavant.— The Kalavants are dancers and singers, who, like other dancing-girls, are courtesans. The name occurs not only in South Canara, but also in the Telugu country.
Kalinga.— A sub-division of Kōmatis, who "were formerly the inhabitants of the ancient Kalinga country. They are considered inferior to the other sub-divisions, on account of their eating flesh. Their titles are Subaddhi, Pātro, and Chaudari." *[1] In the Ganjam Manual, they are described as "traders and shopkeepers, principally prevalent in the Chicacole division. The name Kling or Kaling is applied, in the Malay countries, including the Straits Settlements, to the people of peninsular India, who trade thither, or are settled in those regions." It is recorded by Dr. N. Annandale that the phrase Orang Kling Islam {i.e., a Muhammadan from the Madras coast) occurs in Patani Malay.
Kālingi and Kālinji.— There has been some confusion, in recorded accounts, between these two classes. In the Ganjam Manual, the Kālinjis are described as agriculturists in that district, and, in the Vizagapatam Manual, the Kālingas or Kālingulu are stated to be cultivators in the Vizagapatam district, and a caste of Paiks or fighting men in Jeypore. In the Census Report, 1891, the Kālingis are said to be " most numerous in Ganjam, but there is a considerable number of
- ↑ * Madras Census Report, 1891.
