Also a class of Kashmiri Brahmans.
_Matwala_ .-- (A drinker of country liquor.) Subcaste of Kadera.
_Mawasi_, _Mirdhan_ .-- Subcaste of Dahait.

Title of the headman of the Dahait caste committee.
_Mayaluar_ .-- (Chief man of the caste.) A subcaste of Turi.
_Mayur_ .-- (Peacock.) A totemistic section of the Ahir, Hatwa, Gond, Sonjhara and Sundi castes.
_Mayurmara_ .-- (Killer of peacock.) A section of Bahelia.
_Meda Gantia_ .-- (Counter of posts.) Title of Bhatra.

Official who fixes date and hour for wedding.
_Medara, Medari_ .-- The Telugu caste of bamboo-workers and mat-makers, corresponding to the Basors.

They have the same story as the Basors of the first bamboo having been grown from the snake worn by Siva round his neck, which was planted head downwards in the ground.

The customs of the Medaras, Mr.Francis says, [468] differ from place to place.