Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Srishti Karnam

by Edgar Thurston

Srishti Karnam.——A sub-division of Karnam. The name is variously spelt, e.g., Sristi, Sishta, Sishti. The name Sishti Karanamalu is said to have been assumed by Oddilu, who have raised themselves in life.*^[1]

1. • Rev. J. Cain, Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879.