during the day, and go to the wells to fetch water for domestic purposes.
The Rāzus of Rājāpālaiyam have Rāzu as the agnomen, and, like other Telugu classes, take the gōtra for the first name, e.g., Yaraguntala Mudduswāmi Rāzu, Gottimukkala Krishna Rāzu. The women adhere with tenacity to the old forms of Telugu jewelry. The Rāzus, in some villages, seem to object to the construction of a pial in front of their houses. The pial, or raised platform, is the lounging place by day, where visitors are received. The Rāzus, as has been already stated, claim to be Kshatriyas, so other castes should not sit in their presence. If pials were constructed, such people might sit thereon, and so commit a breach of etiquette.
In the Madras Census Report, 1901, Rājāmakan is given as a Tamil synonym for Rāzu, and Rāzu is returned as a title of the Bagata fishermen of Vizagapatam. Rāzu is, further, a general name of the Bhatrāzus.
Reddi.— See Kāpu.
Reddi Bhūmi (Reddi earth).—A sub-division of Māla, Mangala, and Tsakāla.
Rēla (fig. Ficus, sp.). — A gōtra of Mēdara.
Relli.— See Haddi.
Rendeddu.— A sub-division of Gānigas or Gāndlas, who use two bullocks for their oil-pressing mill.
Rokkam (ready money).—An exogamous sept of Kōmati.
Rōlan.—Rōlan, or Rōli Cheruman, is a sub-division of Cheruman.
Rona.—The Ronas are a class of Oriya-speaking hill cultivators, who are said*[1] to "hold a position superior in the social scale to the Parjas (Porojas), from whom, by
- ↑ * Madras Census Report, 1871.
