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| ''']''' (also known as ''Nayar''), is the name of a Hindu ] from the Southern Indian state of ]. The Nair community as of 19th century was divided in many subdivisions. | ''']''' (also known as ''Nayar''), is the name of a Hindu ] from the Southern Indian state of ]. The Nair community as of 19th century was divided in many subdivisions. | ||
| The ] listed a total of 128 Nair subdivisions in the Malabar region and 55 in the ] region, as well as a further 10 in the ] area but outside Malabar. There were 44 listed in Travancore in the census of 1901.<ref name="Fuller1975">{{cite journal |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |first=C. J. |last=Fuller |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |date=Winter, 1975 |pages= |
The ] listed a total of 128 Nair subdivisions in the Malabar region and 55 in the ] region, as well as a further 10 in the ] area but outside Malabar. There were 44 listed in Travancore in the census of 1901.<ref name="Fuller1975">{{cite journal |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |first=C. J. |last=Fuller |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |date=Winter, 1975 |pages=283–312 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3629883}}{{subscription required}}</ref> | ||
| ==Historical evidence== | ==Historical evidence== | ||
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Nair (also known as Nayar), is the name of a Hindu forward caste from the Southern Indian state of Kerala. The Nair community as of 19th century was divided in many subdivisions.
The 1891 Census of India listed a total of 128 Nair subdivisions in the Malabar region and 55 in the Cochin region, as well as a further 10 in the Madras area but outside Malabar. There were 44 listed in Travancore in the census of 1901.
Historical evidence
The 17th century Keralolpathi which is a work purported to be written with the ulterior motive of promoting Brahminical supremacy mentions different subdivisions of Nair caste. While Kiriyathil Nayars were considered prominent in Malabar and Cochin, Illathu Nairs were prominent in the hierarchy in the Travancore.
See also
References
- Fuller, C. J. (Winter, 1975). "The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste". Journal of Anthropological Research. 31 (4): 283–312.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)(subscription required) - Dr. Hermann Gundert, Keralolpathiyum Mattum, (Band 4, Hermann Gundert Series, Eight works published during 1843-1904) (Kottayam: Current Books, 1992), p 185
- L.K. Anantha Krishna Iyer (1912). The tribes and castes of Cochin Volume II. London: Luzac and Co. pp. 15–16.