Page:Castes and tribes of southern India, Volume 5.djvu/498

ONNAM PARISHA in the Salem district. The name is sometimes applied to the beggars attached to the Palli caste.  Onnām Parisha (first party). — A section of Elayad.  Onne (Pterocarpus Marsupium). — An exogamous sept of Toreyas, who are not allowed to mark their foreheads with the juice which exudes from the trunk of this tree.  '''Onteddu. —''' Onteddu or Onti-eddu is the name of a sub-division of Gānigas or Gāndlas, who only use one bullock for their oil-mills.  '''Opoto. —''' Opoto or Apoto is the name of the palanquin-bearing section of Gaudos.  '''Oppamtara. —''' A title conferred by the Rāja of Cochin on some Nāyars.  Oppanakkāran (trader). — Telugu traders and agriculturists. Recorded as a sub-division of Balija.  Oppomarango (Achyranthes aspera). — An exogamous sept of Bhondāri, the members of which may not use the root as a tooth-brush. <section end="H498" /> <section begin="I498" />Ore.— An honorific title of Nāyars. <section end="I498" /> <section begin="J498" />Origabhakthudu (saluting devotee). — A class of mendicants, who are said to beg only from Perikes. <section end="J498" /> <section begin="K498" />Oriya.— Oriya, or Uriya, is a general term for those who speak the Oriya language. At times of census, it has been recorded as a sub-division of various castes, e.g.,Sōndi and Dhōbi. <section end="K498" /> <section begin="L498" />Oruganti.__A sub-division of Kāpu and Mutrācha. <section end="L498" /> <section begin="M498" />Orunūl (one string). — A sub-division of Mārāns, whose widows do not remarry. <section end="M498" /> <section begin="N498" />Oshtama.—A corrupt form of the word Vaishnava, applied to Sātānis, who are called by illiterate folk Oishnamāru or Oshtamāru. <section end="N498" /> <section begin="O498" />'''Osta. —''' Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as the name of a caste of barbers for Muhammadans. <section end="O498" />