Janni.—The name of the caste priests of Jātapus.
Japanese.—At the Mysore census, 1901, two Japanese were returned. They were managers of the silk farm instituted on Japanese methods by Mr. Tata of Bombay in the vicinity of Bangalore.
Jāt.—A few members of this North Indian class of Muhammadans, engaged in trade, have been returned at times of census in Mysore.
Jātapu.—The Jātapus are defined, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as “a civilised section of the Khonds, who speak Khond on the hills and Telugu on the plains, and are now practically a distinct caste. They consider themselves superior to those Khonds who still eat beef and snakes, and have taken to some of the ways of the castes of the plains.”
For the following note, I am indebted to Mr. C. Hayavadana Rao. The name Jātapu is popularly believed to be an abbreviated form of Konda Jātapu Doralu, or lords of the Khond caste. To this caste the old chiefs of the Pālkonda Zamindāri are said to have belonged. It is divided into a number of septs, such, for example, as:—
Thōrika or Thōyika, who revere the thōrika kōdi, a species of wild fowl.
Kādrika, who revere another species of fowl.
Mamdangi, who revere the bull or cow.
Addāku, who revere the addāku (Bauhinia racemosa), which is used by low-country people for eating-platters.
Konda Gorrē, who revere a certain breed of sheep.