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​Pātramēla.—Pātramēla, or Pātradēva, is the name of a class of dancing girls in South Canara. Pātramēla, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes,*[1] is the name by which the Konkani Kalāvants (courtezans) are known above the ghauts,

  1. ↑ * Manual of the South Canara istrict
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