Salcete
Salcete (IPA: [/'saːlsɛt/]; Romanised Konkani: Sashti or Xaxtti, IPA: [/'saːʂʈiː/ or /'ʂaːʂʈiː/]; Goan Konkani: साष्टी / षाष्टी, Sāṣṭī / ṣāṣṭī ?), also spelt as Salcette, is a region situated in southern Goa state on the west coast of India.[4][5][6][7]
Variants
Origin
In Konkani, the local language, the region is known as Sashti or Xaxtti and the natives are referred to as Sashtikar or Xaxtticar (IPA: [/'saːʂʈiːkaːɾ/] / [/'ʂaːʂʈiːkaːɾ/]; साष्टीकार / षाष्टीकार, Sāṣṭīkār / ṣāṣṭīkār).[4][8][9]
Salcete is derived from the Sanskrit word "षट-षष्टि" ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi[a] meaning 'Sixty-six',[10] after the tradition that sixty-six settlements were established by the Saraswat Brahmin families who had emigrated to Salcete from northern India.[11]
History
In 1917, Mormugao seaport along with thirty-one settlements were carved out of Salcete territory to form the Mormugao taluka.[12] The remaining thirty-five settlements encompass the contemporary Salcete taluka of the civil district of South Goa.[13] Margao serves as the administrative headquarters of both Salcete taluka and the South Goa district.[14]
King Viramarmadeva of the Kadamba dynasty issued a copper-plate inscription in 1049 CE concerning a grant of a piece of land called Tudukapura in Kudtarika agrahara of Chhat sathi desha. This inscription suggests that Chhat sathi refers to modern Salcete, known as Sāshṭi in the local language.[15]
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