Ashtikurissi.—Ashtikurissi (ashti, a bone) or Attikurissi is an occupational sub-division of Nāyars and Mārāns, who officiate at the funerals of Nambūtiri Brāhmans and Nāyars, and help in collecting the remains of the bones after cremation.
Asili.—The name for Telugu toddy-drawers in the Cuddapah district. (See Idiga.)
Āsupāni.—An occupational name for Mārāns who play on the temple musical instruments āsu and pāni.
Asvo (horse).—An exogamous sept of Ghāsi.
Atagara or Hatagara.—A sub-division of Dēvānga.
Aththi (Ficus glomerata).—An exogamous sept of Stānika.
Atikunnan.—Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a sub-division of Nāyar.
Ātreya.—A Brāhmanical gōtra of Bhatrāzus. Ātreyas are descendants of Ātri, a rishi who is regarded by some as one of the ten Prajapatis of Manu.
Ātta (mother).—A sub-division of Pallan.
Āttangarai (river-bank).—A sub-division of Konga Vellāla.