Courtesy form of address in the Indian subcontinent
Indian honorifics are
honorifictitles or appendices to names used in the
Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of prefixes, suffixes or replacements.
Native honorifics
Honorifics with native/indigenous Hindu-Buddhist origin.
Das, a common surname on the Indian subcontinent which has also been applied as a title, signifying "devotee" or "votary" (in the context of religion); also,
Dasa[1]
^Talbot, Cynthia (2001). Precolonial India in practice: Society, region, and identity in medieval Andhra. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 81.
ISBN0-19-513661-6.
^Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press.
ISBN978-0-8248-0368-1.
Courtesy form of address in the Indian subcontinent
Indian honorifics are
honorifictitles or appendices to names used in the
Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of prefixes, suffixes or replacements.
Native honorifics
Honorifics with native/indigenous Hindu-Buddhist origin.
Das, a common surname on the Indian subcontinent which has also been applied as a title, signifying "devotee" or "votary" (in the context of religion); also,
Dasa[1]
^Talbot, Cynthia (2001). Precolonial India in practice: Society, region, and identity in medieval Andhra. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 81.
ISBN0-19-513661-6.
^Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press.
ISBN978-0-8248-0368-1.