Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Karnataka
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Karnataka.— The territorial name of a sub-division of Handichikka and Uppāra. It is also the name of a sub-division of Mādhva and Smarta Brāhmans who speak the Kanarese language, as opposed to the Dēsastha Brāhmans, who are immigrants into Southern India from the Marātha country.