Appellations
They are commonly referred to as Śeṭ. According to historians, they called themselves so in order to distinguish themselves from other groups who were of mixed origin, and claimed superiority. The guild or members of the guilds of traders, merchants, and their employees who were mainly artisans, craftsmen, and husbandmen in ancient Goa like elsewhere in ancient India, were called Śreṇī, and the head of the guilds were called Śreṣṭha or Śreṣṭhī which meant His Excellency.
Old Portuguese documents mention them as Arie Brahmavranda Daivadnea or Aria Daivadnea Orgon Somudai, transliterated as Ārya Daivajña Varga Samudāya, transliterated as Aryans of the Daivadnya community. They are sometimes mentioned as Daivdneagotris.
Sode maṭha and its pontiffs mention them as Mukhamāsita Sūryavaṃśī Brahmins. The 33rd pontiff, Śrī Viśvādhīśa Tīrtha of Śrī Sode Vādirāja Maṭha, mentions them as Mukhamāsita Daivajña Sūrya Brahmins in his letter to the chieftain of Hosakeri village near Gokarṇa.
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