Viswakarma.— Viswakarma and Viswa Brāhman are synonyms for Kammālan, the members of which class claim descent from the five faces of Viswakarma, the architect of the gods.
Vitugula-vāndlu.— A fanciful name, meaning hunters or gallants, adopted by Bōyas.
Vodāri.— See Odāri.
Vodda. — See Oddē.
Vōdo.— A small caste of Oriya basket-makers and cultivators in the Vizagapatam agency.
Vōjali. — See Ojali.
Vokkiliyan (cultivator). — A sub-division of Kāppiliyan, and Tamil form of Vakkaliga. (See Okkiliyan.)
Vudupulavallu.— An occupational name for Balijas, Velamas, etc., who paint chintzes.
Vyādha (forest men). — A synonym of Myāsa Bēdars.
Vyāpāri.— A trading section of Nāyar.
Vyāsa (the name of a sage or rishi). — A sub-division of Balija.
Wahābi.— The Wahābis are a sect of Muslim revivalists founded by Muhammad ibn ' Abdu'l Wahhāb, who was born in A.D. 1691. Wahābyism has been defined as the Puritanism of Islam, "hated by the so-called orthodox Musalmāns, as the Lutherans were hated by Leo, and the Covenanters by Claverhouse."*[1] It is recorded, in the Manual of North Arcot (1895), that since 1806 (the year of the Vellore mutiny) "two alarms have been raised in the district, both at Vellore, which is largely inhabited by Muhammadans. The last alarm
- ↑ * Ind. Ant., X, 1881, p. 69.
