Adyanthaya is a Surname

Surname

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 of the Bunt people

Bunt (community)

Bunt , previously spelled Bant, are a community of erstwhile nobility, feudatory and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu in the south west of India which comprises the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala...

 who hail from the erstwhile South Canara

South Canara

South Canara was a district under the British empire, located at . It was bifurcated in 1859 from Canara district. It was the undivided Dakshina Kannada district...

 District in Karnataka

Karnataka

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 state, India

India

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. The word Adyanthaya is derived from Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 meaning, the one who knows the beginning and the end. It is a rare and unique Indian last name with probably less than 300 families around the globe. The Bunt

Bunt

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 community members were predominantly landlords in Dakshin Kannada (formerly known as South Kanara) district. During the 60's, they lost most of their property due to the land legislation act. Thereafter members of this community took to being entrepreneurs and professionals.

It may also refer to:

• N. M. Adyanthaya
  N. M. Adyanthaya
  Nitte Manjappa Adyanthaya is an Indian politician and trade union leader affiliated with the Indian National Congress-Biography:Born in a Bunt family belonging to the aristocratic Nitte Guthu clan.Adyanthaya entered politics when he joined the Indian National Congress.He was elected to the...
  
  : Indian politician