Jainism and Karnataka Culture

Author(s): S R Sharma
Publisher: Karnataka Historical Research Society Dharwar

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JAINISM AND KARNATAKA CULTURE
Mandê Kanta-setți, Yada Mainda-setți, Banaṭṭi Maindaseṭṭi, Aluva Nārāyaṇa-seṭṭi, Kuduvu Uttama-seṭṭi, Heggadê Deva-sețți, the nephews of Biliya Mainda-seṭṭi, Kājava Deva-setti, Gummata-setti, Notada Cauli-seṭṭi, Bhandāri Kāmadeva-seṭṭi, Kakkê Kamanṇa-seṭṭi, Nārāvi Maindasetți, Ajali Koti-setti, Banga Brahma-setti, Kurikāra Devara-setti, Kondi Devatanṇa, Pêramunde Pandi-seṭṭi, the nephews of Nanda-Kujumba-seṭṭi, Kakkê Dāsa-setti's nephews, and nephews of the Seṭṭis of Seṭṭipura, Punja Posabu-setti, Cahuki Devaru-seṭṭi, Nārāvi Brahmadāsa-seṭṭi, Iravi Devara-seṭṭi, Birumana Tikāri, Nārāvi Padumanṇasetti, Kajava Birumana-seṭṭi, Naravi Santu-setți, Kudurê Bālamma-seṭṭi, Banasi Paiva-seṭṭi, Kājava Cauli-setti, Malaya Adana-seṭṭi, Beṭṭigare Vardhamana-setți, Nelli Devara-sețți, Bettigare Koti-sețți, Sinappa Devara-setti, Manju-seṭṭi, Tolāri Devara-sețți, his nephews Kudurê Devaņṇa-setti, Ayanta Pandi-setti, his nephew Kantanna-setti, Nārya Kadamba-seṭṭi, Maheśa-seṭṭi, Nanda Devara-sețți, his nephew, Butti Kantanṇa-seṭṭi, Kondê Kāntaņņa-seṭṭi, Sālgi Kantanṇa-seṭṭi, Amaca Kantanṇa-setti, Banati Devarasetti's niece Karpura-setti, Bhandari Devaņṇa-setti's mother Balê Muddu-setti, Hittala Kunda-setti's nephews Malatapa Humai-setti, his brother Devaru-seṭṭi, Hittala Kundi-setti's nephew Cauta Devarusetti, Muddu-seṭṭi's son Mārkanda-seṭṭi, Yelamêyana Ranga:setti, Ayiri Narṇa-seṭṭi, Noppada Manjanna-setti's sons Devaru-sețți, and Keśava-setți, Tamminitti's son Mallu-setti, Uliri Kantanna-setti's sons Brahma-setți, Setta Konyanṇa-setti, Uliri Padma-setti's nephew Brahma-setți."
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The apparently striking feature of the names is that all of them have the suffix setti' which is derived from (San.) Śreştin, meaning technically the head of a guild. The list includes even a town occupied by a whole class of settis,
2:5 Ibid., p. 158.