Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.491
Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.491
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aṣṭādaśa-jāti (CITD), same as aṣṭādaśa-prajā; the 18 castes. Kittel enumerates the 18 castes of the Kannaḍa-speaking area as the Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, Liṅgavanta, Baṇajige, Gaṅgaḍikāra-vokkaliga, Maḍivāli, Kelasiga, Kuṟuba, Kumbāra, Kaṭuka, Baḍagi, Akkasālē, Toreya, Uppāra, Besta, Holeya and Mādiga. But really the number 18 means ‘all’ in such cases. The number 36 has the same meaning in the Bengali expression *chatriś-jāti*, ‘36 castes’. See *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXX, p. 115.