who are said to be expert in spearing fish with a long spear.
Kukru.— Kukru or Kukkuro, meaning dog, occurs as the name of a sept of Bottada, Dōmb, and Omanaito. The equivalent Kukkala is a sept of the Orugunta Kāpus and Bōyas.
Kulāla.— Some members of the potter caste style themselves Kulāla vamsam, as being a more dignified caste name than Kusavan, and claim descent from Kulālan, the son of Brahma.
Kulanji. — A sub-division of Mārān.
Kulappan. — A synonym of Kusavan.
Kulasēkhara. — A sub-division of Sātānis, who claim descent from the Vaishnavite saint Kulasēkhara Ālvār.
Kulloi.— A sub-division of Gadaba.
Kulodondia. — A title, meaning headman of the caste, used by some Tiyōros.
Kuluvādi.— A synonym of Kudubi.
Kumda (red gourd: Cucurbita maxima). — A sept of Omanaito.
Kummara, Kumbāra, Kumbāro. — "The potters of the Madras Presidency," Mr. H. A. Stuart writes,*[1] "outside the Tamil country and Malabar, are called Kummara in Telugu, Kumbāro in Uriya, and Kumbāra in Canarese, all these names being corrupted forms of the Sanskrit word Kumbhakāra, pot-maker (ku, earth). In social position they are considered to be a superior class of Sūdras. The Telugu Kummaras were cooks under the ancient kings, and many of them still work in that capacity in Sūdra houses. The Kumbāros are purely Vaishnavites and employ Boishnob priests, while the Kummaras and Kumbāras call in Brāhmans. Widow
- ↑ * Madras Census Report, 1891.
