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| has gloss | eng: Yerukala, Yerukula, Erukala, Erukula, or Kurru is a community found largely in the Southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka. Yerukalas are indigenous people of South India. They call themselves ‘Kurru’. They are called as ‘Yerukula’ in Andhra Pradesh after their women’s traditional profession of fortune telling (Eruka cheputa). |
| lexicalization | eng: Yerukala |
| instance of | (noun) (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity caste |
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