[114] Gazetteer of the Anantapur district.
[115] Madras Mail, Nov. 1905.
[116] Madras Mail, 1905.
[117] Gazetteer of the Malabar district.
[118] Manual of the North Arcot district.
[119] Gazetteer of the Malabar district.
[120] Tamil and English Dictionary, 1862.
[121] The word, in this sense, is said to occur in a Tamil work named Pingala Nikandu. Karuku is Tamil for the serrated margin of the leaf—petiole of the palmyra palm.
[122] Yule and Burnell. Hobson-Jobson.
[123] Madras Census Report, 1901.