Saurashtra languageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Sourashtra or "Sourashtras" or ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢯ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬꢵ refers to a community of people who had their original homes in Gujarat and presently settled in Thanjavur, Madurai, Ammayappan and other places in south Indian states of Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra. The origin of the name date backs to the time when the ancestors of theses people inhabited the kingdom of Sourashtra in Gujarat State. The Tamil name by which these people is known in Southern India is Patnūlkarar, that is silk-thread workers or weavers who speak "Pattunuli" or "Khatri", a dialect of Gujarati. The details about Sourashtra community is discussed by A.J. Saunders.