Shett
Shett (also spelt as Shet) is a surname and title of the
Etymology
The word Shett is derived from the Sanskrit word Śreṣṭha (Devanagari: श्रेष्ठ) or Śreṣṭhin (श्रेष्ठीन्, ‘superior’), Prakrit as Seṭhī (सेठी), and then Śeṭ (शेट) or Śeṭī (शेट) in modern Indo-Aryan dialects.[2]
The guilds of the traders, merchants, bankers as well as moneylenders (mahjana),[what language is this?] administrators of various institutions and their employees in ancient Goa, like other parts in India, were called as śreṇī, and the head of these guilds were called as Śreṣṭha or Śreṣṭhīn, which would mean 'His Excellency'.[3][non-primary source needed]
Usage
Various Romanised versions found during the colonial period include Chatim, Xete, Xetim, Xatim, Chati, Sette etc.[4][5]
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Historical references
- The earliest reference to the word Shreshthi in Goa is found in a Bhoja king, Kapalivarman.[6]
- Southern Shilahara copper plates mention Durga Shreshthi and Babbhana Shreshthi as their ministers.
- Names of many traders like Naga Sette, Gomo Sette, and Bhaira Sette have been found in a copper plate dating back to 1348 AD.[7]
- A Kasarpal copper plate dating to 1436 AD mentions Rupa Sheti and his son Lakshmana Sheti, whom a certain Brahmin Nagavdeva donated the village of Varandem (which includes Kasarpal).[8]
- Gana Sethi or Gana Chatim (as his name appears in Portuguese in Goa and Bombay.[9]
- Ravala Sethi or Roulu Chatim, a certain merchant of Caraim (name mentioned in 15th-century documents)[10]
- Virupa Sethi in the 16th century, who protested against the Portuguese.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b Karnataka (India) (1985). Karnataka State gazetteer, Volume 16. Karnataka: Printed by the Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Govt. Press. p. 254.
- ^ Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti, Part-1, Page-221 by B.D. Satoskar, Shubhada Publication
- ^ Census of India, 1961. Vol. v. 11, pt. 6, no. 14. India. Office of the Registrar General. 1962. p. 14.
- ISBN 9788170221609.
- ISBN 9788186782156.
- ISBN 9788170222590.
- ^ Pereira, Rui Gomes (1978). Goa (in English and Portuguese). p. 179.
- ^ Gomes Pereira, Pereira (1978). Hindu temples and deities(tranlslated from the original in Portuguese by Antonio Victor Couto). Panaji: Perera. pp. 121–122.
- ^ "Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti" by B.D. Satoskar, published by Shubhada Publication
- ^ "The Portuguese empire, 1415-1808" By A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Page 105
- ^ Xavier, Ângela Barreto (September 2007), Disquiet on the island: Conversion, conflicts and conformity in sixteenth-century Goa, Indian Economic & Social History Review, vol. 44, pp. 269–295