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1 Malabar Law and Custom.

2 F. Fawcett. Journ. Anth. Soc., Bombay, 1, 1888.

3 Malabar Law and Custom.

4 Wigram, Malabar Law and Custom.

5 Madras Census Report, 1891.

6 Madras Census Report, 1901.

7 Manual of the North Arcot district.

8 Manual of the Madura district.

9 Description of the Character, Manners and Customs of the People of India.

10 Madras Census Report, 1891.

11 Mysore Census Report, 1891, 1901; Rice, Mysore and Coorg Gazetteer.

12 Hindu Manners and Customs. Ed. 1897.

13 Mysore Census Report, 1901.

14 Ambalam is an open space or building, where affairs connected with justice are transacted. Ambalakkāran denotes the president of an assembly, or one who proclaims the decision of those assembled in an ambalam.

15 Anuloma, the product of the connection of a man with a woman of a lower caste; Pratiloma, of the connection of a man with a woman of a higher caste.

16 Madras Mail, 1906.

17 A. P. Smith, Madras Review, 1902.

18 Cochin Census Report, 1901.

19 Houses where pilgrims and travellers are entertained, and fed gratuitously.

20 C. Hayavadana Rao. Tales of Komati Wit and Wisdom, 1907.

21 Wigram, Malabar Law and Custom.

22 Madras Journ. Lit. and Science, XI, 176, 1840.

23 Historical Sketches of the South of India.

24 Ellis. Kural.

25 Mysore and Coorg Gazetteer, 1876–78.

26 Madras Census Report, 1891.

27 Manual of the South Canara district.