Talk:S. S. Setlur

Name
S. S. Setlur used that style in his public writings and was widely known by that name, as shown by news stories of the time. "Setlur" was the family name, which he shared with his father. His given name was Śrinivās (or Śrinivāsa), and a news story about his law school awards in 1889 referred to him as "S. Shrinivasiengar Setlur." This is therefore used in the lead of this article (with spelling modernizations).

It is unclear whether he regarded the first letter in "S. S. Setlur" as signifying his father's name (Singiengar), since "S. S. Setlur" was itself an attempt to use more Western (British) styling by placing the family name last. To his own ethnic community, and consistent with his father's styling, he would likely have been styled as Setlur Śrinivāsiyengar (family name first, given name last).

This article uses English transliterations that are more common in the current era for the name Śrinivās (not Shrinivas) and the suffix "iyengar" (not "iengar"). Dss16 (talk) 01:12, 3 June 2024 (UTC)