performer swung and balanced himself while playing a drum, or supporting a pile of earthen pots surmounted by a brass vessel on his head. The entertainment took place amid the music of drum and clarionet, and the patter of one of the troupe, the performers playing the drum in the waits between their turns.
Painda. — A synonym of Paidi.
Pākanāti (eastern territory). — A sub-division of various Telugu classes, e.g., Balija, Golla, Kamsala, Kāpu, Māla, and Tsākala.
Paki. — Recorded by the Rev. J. Cain *[1] as a sweeper caste in the Godāvari district, members of which have come from the neighbourhood of Vizagapatam, and are great sticklers for their caste rules.
Pakinādu.— A territorial sub-division of Kamsalas and other Telugu castes, corresponding to Pākanāti.
Pakirithi. — Pakirithi or Parigiri, meaning Vaishnavite, is a sub-division of Besthas, who, on ceremonial occasions, wear the Vaishnava sect mark.
Pāl (milk). — Pāl or Pāla has been recorded as a sub-division of Idaiyan and Kurumba, and an exogamous sept of Māla. (See Hālu.)
Palakala (planks). — An exogamous sept of Kamma.
Pālamala.— Palama is recorded as a sub-division of the Kānikars of Travancore and Palamalathillom, said to denote the mountain with trees with milky juice, as an exogamous sept of the same tribe.
Pālāvili.— A gotra of Gollas, who are not allowed to erect pālāvili, or small booths inside the house for the purpose of worship.
Pālayakkāran. — See Mutrācha.
Paligiri.— A sub-division of Mutrācha.
- ↑ * Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879.
