[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.