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The Daivadnya or is an ethno-religious community and a Hindu Brahmin sub-caste of the west coast of India, predominantly residing in the states of Goa, coastal Karnataka, and coastal Maharashtra. The state of Goa is considered to be the original homeland of Daivadnyas. They are believed to have flourished and prospered in Goa and hence sometimes they are called ''Gomantaka Daivadnya''. Due to many socio-economic reasons, they emigrated to different parts of India within the last few centuries.〔"Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti", Part-1, p. 225 by B. D. Satoskar〕 They are commonly known as ''Śeṭ'' in the coastal region. The word Śeṭ is a corrupt form of the word ''Śreṣṭha'' or ''Śreṣṭhin'', which could mean excellent, distinguished, or superior.〔 Over time the word was transformed from Śreṣṭha to Śeṭ.〔"Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti", Part-1, p. 221 by B. D. Satoskar, published by Shubhada Publication.〕 Most of the older generation from the Daivadnya community in Goa call themselves ''Śeṭī Bāmaṇ'', which is a corrupt form of ''Śreṣṭhi Brāhmaṇa''. The Portuguese referred these people as ''Xete'' (cf. ''Xett, Xete'') or sometimes ''Chatim'' (cf. ''Xatim''), which is now ''Cyātī'' in the Konkani language; the word was a Portuguese appellation for "trader" derived from the local word Śreṣṭhin. Śeṭs are often called ''Daivadnya Suvarṇakara'' (cf. ''Svarṇakāra''). ==Etymology== Their name has many alternate spellings, including ''Daivajna'', ''Daivajnya'',''Daivagna'', ''Daiwadnya'', and ''Daivadnea''.〔"Os Bramanes" (Portuguese), by Francisco Luis Gomes〕 It is pronounced (:d̪aivaɡna) in Karnataka and in Goa and Maharashtra. It is possible that Vadirajatirtha bestowed the appellation ''Daivadnya'' when many of the community adopted the Madhwa religion under leadership of Vadiraja. An alternate proposition relates to the Vedas Taittariya Samhita and Shatapatha Brahmana in which the sage Kashyapa is recorded as an eminent artisan. His book ''Kashyapa Samhita'', along with ''Bhrigu Samhita'' and ''Maya Samhita'' recognises ''Daivadnya'' as an assistant engineer. Their work was like that of a draughtsman or evaluator. It is said that astrology began from this class of Vedic Daivadnyas, so the term Daivadnya became equivalent to astrologer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daivadnya Brahmin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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