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Mannadiyar (or Mannadiar) is a Malayalam speaking Hindu forward caste from Palakkad region of Kerala state. Majority of Mannadiars are land owners, agriculture being their traditional occupation, ranging from farmers to big feudal landlords (Janmis). The house (Tharavad) of Mannadiars are called "Mannattu" like illams for Namboothiris. Related castes of Mannadiar are Guptan, Pathukudi (also known as "Dashagotram" or "Pathu Madom") and Tharakan. Mannadiar belongs to Kshatriyas Group, which occupies second position in the Indian Caste system. Also the Caste is identified as a Sub Caste of Nair, as Kiriyathil Kiryathil Nair ( Who are the warrior Nāga tribes who came to Kerala from northern parts of India along the western coast 〔Dr. Hermann Gundert, Keralolpathiyum Mattum, (Band 4, Hermann Gundert Series, Eight works published during 1843-1904) (Kottayam: Current Books, 1992), p 185〕 ) ==Etymology== Manadiar is an honorofic title possessed by ancient landlords. The word is rooted from ''Mun'' or ''Mannu'' (earth) and ''Nediyavars '' or ''udayors'' (lords, Jenmi or earners) clubbed to form Mannadiars.〔("Census of India, 1961, Volume 7" ) P. 20〕 Edgar Thurston, in his book Caste and Tribes of Southern India, 1909 recorded Mannadiyar as 'A trading sub-division of Nayar (Nair) Caste in Palakkad'.〔'Caste and Tribes of Southern India by Edgar Thurston, Page 455, Volume 4,'http://archive.org/details/castestribesofso04thuriala '〕 Mannadiyar was a title used to be awarded to the eldest member of each family by the ruling head. The title holders were entitled to certain previleges. When the practice of awarding the title became a story of the past, even the younger members began to use the surname ''Mannadiar'', by time.〔("Census of India, 1961, Volume 7" ) P. 21〕 Some of the Nair families in Palakkad also found to use the title ''Mannadiars'' and they are called "Mannadi Nairs", connoting some sort of connection with the Tamil aristocracy of the neighbouring (presently Pollachi) taluk.〔("A handbook of Kerala, Volume 2" ) P. 601〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mannadiyar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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