[54] “Madras Census Report,” 1901, part i. 134.
[55] “Malabar and its Folk,” Madras, 2nd ed., 133.
[56] Thula (scales), purusha (man), dānam (gift).
[57] See Shungoony Menon, “History of Travancore,” 1878, 58–72.
[58] Madras Diocesan Record, October, 1905.
[59] “Christianity and Caste,” 1893.
[60] Rev. J. Cain, Madras Christian Coll. Mag., 1887–8, v. 358.
[61] In Southern India, turmeric (Curcuma) is commonly called saffron (Crocus).
[62] “Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District,” 1907, i. 75.
[63] Madras Museum Bull., 1907, v., No. 3, 134.