After the cremation or burial of a corpse, a rope is held by two of the relations between the dead person's remains and the karta (chief mourner), and cut in two, as if to indicate that all connection between the karta and the deceased has ceased. This is called bandham aruppu, or severing of connection. Pollution lasts for sixteen days among all sections of the barbers, except the Tamils, who regain their purity after a death in the family on the eleventh day.
Ambiga.—A synonym of Kabbēra.
Ambojala (lotus: Nelumbium). — A house-name of Korava.
Amma (mother).—A sub-division of Pallan and Paraiyan. It is also the title of the various goddesses, or mothers, such as Ellamma, Māriamma, etc., which are worshipped as Grāma Dēvatas (village deities) at the temples known as Amman-kōil.
Ammukkuvan.—A sub-division of Katalarayan.*[1] (See Vālan.)
Anapa (Dolichos Lablab).—A gōtra of Kōmati.
Anasa'(ferrule).—A gōtra of Kurni.
Anchu (edge or border).—A gōtra of Kurni.
Andara (pandal or booth).—A sept of Kuruba.
Andē.—Andē (a pot) as a division of the Kurubas refers to the small bamboo or wooden vessel used when milking goats. It further denotes a division of the Koragas, who used to wear a pot suspended from their necks, into which they were compelled to spit, so as not to defile the highway.
Andēraut.—Recorded, in the Census Report, 1901,as a sub-division of Kurumba. Probably a form of Andē
- ↑ * Cochin Census Report, 1901.
