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ENETI Enangans are all who can marry the same people that I can. An EnangattI is a female member of an Enangan's family."  Ēnēti.———Said to be mendicants, who beg from Gamallas. (See Yānāti.)  Entamara. — See Yānāti.  Era.— Era Cheruman, or Erālan, is a sub-division of Cheruman.  Erādi.———Erādi has been defined * as meaning " a cow-herd. A sub-division of the Nāyar caste, which formerly ruled in what is now the Ernād tāluk " of Malabar. In the Malabar Manual, Ernād is said to be derived from Erādu, the bullock country. Erādi denotes, according to the Census Report, 1891, "a settlement in Ernād. The caste of Sāmantas, to whhich the Zamorin of Calicut belongs."  Eravallar. — The Eravallars are a small forest tribe inhabiting the Coimbatore district and Malabar. For the following note on the Eravallars of Cochin, I am indebted to Mr. L. K. Anantha Krishna Iyer.† Eravallars are a wild tribe of inoffensive hill-men found in the forests of the Cochin State, especially in the Chittūr tāluk. They are also called Villu Vēdans (hunters using bows). Their language is Tamil, though some speak Malayālam. In addressing the elderly members of the caste, they use the titles Muthan (elder)and Pattan (grandfather). Names in use for males are Kannan (Krishna), Otukan, Kothandan, Kecharan, and Attukaran, while females are called Kanni, Keyi, Kaikayi, Otuka, and Rāmayi. These Hindu divine names are recent innovations after the names of members of 