Note 89 — P (Continued) (continued 2)
Reading edition
Pātramēla.—Pātramēla, or Pātradēva, is the name of a class of dancing girls in South Canara. Pātramēla, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes,89 is the name by which the Konkani Kalāvants (courtezans) are known above the ghauts.