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'''Aasaan''' is a title conferred to the Members of [[Kaniyan]] or [[Ganaka]] community in kerala, particularly in central and southern [[Travancore]]. It is a corrupted sanskrit word [[Acharya]] meaning teacher. This honorific title had been conferred to them, by the then ruling kings, in virtue of their profession as village teachers. The male descendents of such families were addressed as Aasaans.<ref name="K.E.Varghese">{{cite book | url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=XRXLFdihovsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=slow+flows+the+pampa&hl=en&ei=0RXFTYSQM4yYvAODxp2UAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&r|first1=KE |'last1=Varghese|title=Slow flows the Pampa Socio-economic changes in a Kuttanadu village in Kerala|page=73|publisher=concept |location=NewDelhi |year=1982 }}</ref> ''[[Asan]]'' is an alternative colloquial term used by locals to address teachers.{{cn|date=May 2011}} |
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