Word

Definition

Ankus

Driving hook or goad

Brahmin

Upper caste Hindus of India

Chattakaran

First mahout or the mahout in command of the elephant

Ezhunnallippu

Temple festivals

Irikkasthanam

Rider’s seat on elephant back

Jaggery

Unrefined sugar from suger cane or coconut

Kannakuzhi

Temporal region

Kettiazhikkal

Process of bringing an elephant under a mahout’s control

Kraal

Wooden cage used to train wild elephants and calves

Malayalam

Language spoken in the state of Kerala

Marmam

Sensitive point on elephant’s body

Moda

Juvenile musth

Pilkhana

Elephant stables. In North and North Eastern India, elephants are housed in stables

Sanskrit

Indian Language and considered to be the root of almost all Indian languages. All ancient Indian texts are in Sanskrit

Thotti

Driving hook or goad

Thunikkai

Finger like tip at the end of the trunk

Vadi

Short stick

Vakka

Logging rope

Valiya kol

Long pole

Vayukumbham

Forehead bump