these simple people. But how else could one describe the following incident? A Mannān, walking with his son, a lad about twelve years old, came suddenly upon a rogue elephant. His first act was to place his son in a position of safety by lifting him up till he could reach the branch of a tree, and only then he began to think of himself. But it was too late. The elephant charged down upon him, and in a few seconds he was a shapeless mass."
Mannān (Washerman caste). — See Vannān and Vēlan.
Mannēdora (lord of the hills). — A title assumed by Konda Doras. Mannē Sultan is a title of the Mahārāja of Travancore and the Rāja of Vizianagram. The Konda Doras also style themselves Mannēlu, or those of the hills.
Mannepu-vandlu.— Said *[1] to be the name, derived from mannemu, highland, for Mālas in parts of the Godāvari district.
Mannu (earth). — A sub-division of Oddēs, who are earth-workers. Manti, which has also been returned by them at times of census, has a similar significance (earthen). Man Udaiyan occurs as a synonym of Kusavan, and Manal (sand) as an exogamous sept of Kāppiliyan, Man Kavarai is recorded in the Salem Manual as the name of a class of salt makers from salt-earth.
Mantalāyi.— Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a sub-division of Nāyar.
Māppilla.—The Māppillas, or Moplahs, are defined in the Census Report, 1871, as the hybrid Mahomedan race of the western coast, whose numbers are constantly being added to by conversion of the slave castes of Malabar. In 1881, the Census Superintendent wrote
- ↑ * Rev. J. Cain. Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879.
