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Chetti means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1Chetti (“scales and basket”) is the name of an insignia engraved on the handle of a ladle that is carried round among the Holeyas (field labourers). There are customs remaining which seem to indicate that the Holeya people were once masters of the land..
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Starts with: Cetti, Cetti-kutiketuttan, Cetticci, Cettimai, Cettinakam, Cettippillai, Cettirai, Cettitan, Cettiyai-konranvelli, Cettiyai-kutiketuttan, Cettiyappan, Cettiyarkutirai, Cettiyarmakamai, Cettiyirai, Chettimandaram.
Ends with (+15): Attalaiccetti, Cetti, Cokkuccetti, Cukkancetti, Cukkuccetti, Cunkancetti, Kacu-karacetti, Kutiraiccetti, Malikaiccetti, Mallacetti, Mallakacetti, Malluccetti, Manca-pattucetti, Mancat-kuppancetti, Manikkancetti, Manna-kuticetti, Nakarattuccetti, Nattu-kottaicetti, Nedum-schetti, Netunchetti.
Full-text (+41): Cetti, Cettippillai, Inankal, Malluccetti, Tonrikar, Mallacetti, Valaiccetti, Cukkuccetti, Mallakacetti, Pattaliyaccetti, Manikkancetti, Kacu-karacetti, Cokkuccetti, Valaiyarcetti, Cunkancetti, Kontuvilai, Cuppiti, Vatukaccetti, Cettimai, Cettiyirai.
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Temples in and around Madurantakam (by B. Mekala)
Merchants Communities < [Chapter 6 - Social and Economic Activities]
Social life and Communities of the Madurantaka region < [Chapter 6 - Social and Economic Activities]
Economic Activities < [Chapter 6 - Social and Economic Activities]
The First Novel in Telugu < [January – March, 1978]
Madras-Then and Now < [Aug - Sept 1939]
The Third Assembly < [March-April 1935]
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 129 - The Lad Who Sang Songs < [Part III - Stories of the Cultivating Caste]
Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History (by Zoltán Biedermann)