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DEVANGA
Katta, a dam Matam, monastery
Kompala, houses Madira, liquor or heap of
Kōnangi, buffoon earth
Kātikala, collyrium Mēdam, fight
Kaththiri, scissors Māsila, dirt
Mōksham, heaven Olikala, funeral pyre and
Pasupala, turmeric ashes
Pidakala, dried cow-dung cakes Prithvi, earth
Pōthula, male Peraka, tile
Pachi powaku, green tobacco Punjala, cock or male
Padavala, boat Pinjala, cotton-cleaning
Pouzala, a bird Pichchiga, sparrow
Pammi, clay lamp Sika (kudumi : tuft of hair)
Thalakōka, female cloth Sandala, lanes
Thūtla, hole Santha, a fair
Utla, ropes for hanging pots Sajje (Setaria italica)
Vasthrāla, cloths.

The majority of Dēvāngas are Saivites, and wear the lingam. They do not, however, wash the stone lingam with water, in which the feet of Jangams have been washed. They are not particular as to always keeping the lingam on the body, and give as an explanation that, when they are at work, they have to touch all kinds of people. Some said that merchants, when engaged in their business, should not wear the lingam, especially if made of spatikam (quartz), as they have to tell untruths as regards the value and quality of their goods, and ruin would follow if these were told while the lingam was on the body.

In some parts of Ganjam, the country folk keep a large number of Brāhmini bulls. When one of these animals dies, very elaborate funeral ceremonies take place, and the dead beast is carried in procession by Dēvāngas, and buried by them. As the Dēvāngas are Lingāyats, they have a special reverence for Basavanna, the sacred bull, and the burying of the Brāhmini bull is