出典:Wiktionary
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/02 09:39 UTC 版)
Menon is a Kshatriya subdivision of the Nair caste of Kerala and was an honorific hereditary title to be used as an affix to the name and investituted by the Sāmudiri Rāja or some other recognized princely chief of Kerala on certain members of Kiryathil and Akattu Charna classes of Nayars. Some of them are devoted to administrative duties and involved writing and casting accounts. The recipient of the title held it lifelong or his family held it in perpetuity along the matrilineal line, depending on the amount of money known as Adiyara paid for securing the same and as soon as a person was dignified with this title he was presented with an Ola (palmyra leaf for writing on) and a style, the symbols of an accountant.