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Shetty

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Shetty (Kannada: [ʃeʈːi]) is a surname originating from coastal Karnataka state of India. Found amongst the Bunt community who are classified as "upper" Shudras in the Hindu varna system.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Etymology

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The word Shetty is derived from the Sanskrit word Śreṣṭha (Devanagari: श्रेष्ठ) or Śreṣṭhin (Devanagari: श्रेष्ठीन्) meaning superior, Prakritised as Seṭhī (Devanagari: सेठी), and then Śeṭ (Devanagari: शेट) or Śeṭī (Devanagari: शेटी).[9]

Notable people

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Notable people with the surname Shetty, include:

References

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  1. ^ Gundimeda, Sambaiah (2015-10-14). Dalit Politics in Contemporary India. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-317-38105-1.
  2. ^ Sanjay Subrahmanyam (1990). Merchants, Markets and the State in Early Modern India. Oxford University Press. pp. 24, 46. ISBN 978-0-19-562569-1. p.24.Inland , and away from the narrow strip of Brahmin settlements along the coast , the land was held and cultivated by the Bants , a caste of ' clean ' Sudras . p.46.The agrarian economy was dominated on the one hand by communities of Saiva Brahmins and their institutions, particularly off the coast, and on the other by a Sudra cultivating caste, the Bants, to the inland
  3. ^ The quarterly journal of the Mythic society., Volume 98. Bangalore: The Mythic Society, Daly Memorial Hall. 2007. p. 54.:"He says Buntars are of the highest rank of sudras in Tuluva."
  4. ^ Chopra, Pran Nath (1982). Religions and Communities of India. India: Orient Paperbacks. p. 122. ISBN 9780391027480.:"The Bunts are Sudras , although they played the role of Kshatriyas early in the Christian era when they and the Nadavas were the military Chieftains of the area"
  5. ^ Udaya, Barkur (2006). "Landlords and Peasantry in Medieval Karnataka Coast". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 67. Indian History Congress: 226. JSTOR 44147941. Retrieved 18 April 2021.:"The rich peasant farmers particularly the Brahmans and the high caste sudras such as Nadavas or Bunts , Billavas and Mogavirs owned paddy fields, large areas of gardens of coconut, arecanut and other products."
  6. ^ G. Shiri (1985). Wholeness in Christ: The Legacy of the Basel Mission in India. India: Karnataka Theological Research Institute. p. 195. The Aliya Kattu law (inheritance law), which was widely practised by Billavas , Mogers and Bunts , and number of other Shudra castes , was not applied to...
  7. ^ Madhava, K. G. Vasantha (1991). Western Karnataka, Its Agrarian Relations, 1500–1800 A.D. New Delhi: Navrang. p. 176. ISBN 9788170130734.:"For instance , the tax structure and the process of its collection of the Vijayanagara rulers and their feudatories enabled the Brāhamans , the Jains and the highcaste Sudras namely the Bunts the Nāyaks and the Gowdas to emerge as powerful landed gentry."
  8. ^ Punja, P. R. Ranganatha (1948). India's legacy, the world's heritage : Dravidian. Vol. 1. Mangalore: Basel Mission Book Depot. p. 123.:"Like the Nairs in Malabar , the Bunts and Tulu Gowdas in Canara and the Vakkaligas ' and Gowdas of Nagara , the Coorgs are : in the brahminical scale – Sudra's"
  9. ^ Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti, Part-1, Page-221 by B.D. Satoskar, Shubhada Publication
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