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​Erādi.———Erādi has been defined *[1] 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."

  1. ↑ • Wigram. Malabar Law and Custom.
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