[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.491 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.491 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.491 - **Language:** English ### [c6.491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.491) 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. - [Previous: c6.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.490) - [Next: c6.492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.492) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.491) · Pramāṇa