A. Name, Identity, Origin and History
1.
Name of the community, other name, name referred by other communities, meaning
associated with the name. The name of community is Santals or Shantals . According to Sreferud (1968) is a
corruption of Saontar.
This was adopted by the Santals when they lived in the area around Saont in Midnapur district of West Bengal
.
The word Santal is an English word adopted fromHindi which corresponds with Saontar used by Bengali speaking people.
1
Ordinarily they call themselves as hor (man). There is another similar term as hor which stand for the way or means. A hor (man) is in search of hor
(way or means) and effort continues till he finds a satisfactory result.
2
They also call themselves as hor hopon which means child or children of human beings.
Details in :http://adivasiawaz.com/pdf/santhals.pdf
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