தமிழருக்கு ஆரியர்கள் சூட்டிய பெயர் தான் திராவிடம். இது ஒரு தேசத்தை குறிக்கிறது. - அபிதான சிந்தாமணி பக்கம் 823.
கி. பி 820 ல் வாழ்ந்த சமஸ்கிருதத்தில் புலமை பெற்ற சங்கராச்சார்யா திராவிட சிசு என்று திருஞானசம்பந்தரை அழைக்கிறார்.
To Dr. Caldwell is due a further extension of the meaning of the term Dravida. When the comparative study of the South Indian languages was first started by him, the glossarial and grammatical affinities between them were so marked as to lead him to the conclusion that they were allied languages of the non-Aryan group. He called these languages of South India Dravidian and the people speaking them Dravidians. His extension of the word as a generic term for the South Indian group of languages is convenient and has been accepted.
Linguistic evidence alone, however cannot be sufficient, and by itself is unreliable to establish any theory about the origins of castes or the ethnic affinity of peoples. Thus the application of the name Dravidian or Dravida to all tribes, Brahman as well as non-Brahman, inhabiting the extreme south of the Peninsula is unwarranted, inaccurate and mis-leading.
Prof.Wilson and Sir Monier-Williams give three senses in which the word is used
(1) The country in which the Tamil language is spoken;
(2) An inhabitant of the country;
(3) A class of Brah-manical tribe called the 'five Dravidas'.
In accepting the first meaning western scholars and Indian pandits seem to agree.
As regards the second, differences of opinion exist. Whether the name Dravida was applied to all the peoples living in that country or only to a particular caste or tribe remains to be settled.
The Tamil speaking non-Brahmans have always called themselves Tamilar but never Dravidas.
And the Tamil Brahmans who called themselves the mahajanam or the "greatmen" were,and even now are, known to the other Brahmans of India as Dravidas.
- "Tamil Studies of Essays on the History of the Tamil People, Lauguage, Religion and Literature" by M. Srinivasa Aiyangar M.A. 1914.
The Dravidians are divided into different peoples, by diferent languages, as widely different from each other as German, French and English.
The most important of these Dravidian races is that of the Tamulians. They occupy not only the country, but also the North of Ceylon and the South of Travancore, on the western side of the ghauts. There is a Christian congregation of Tamulians at Bombay and at Calcutta; and Tamulians are to be found in, Burmah, Pegu, Singapore, and in the Islands of Mauritius, Bourbon and even in the West Indies. It is only a short time ago that I had to send Tamil gospels and tracts to Jamaica. In short, wherever money is to be earned, and wherever there is a lazier and more superstitious people to be shoved aside, there will Tamulians be found, for they are the most enterprizing and movable people in India. Their numbers according to the last census amount to 16 millions. In the land of the Tamulians there ruled in olden days many kings, but three dynasties made themselves especially remarkable : the Pandian, Chera, and Chola dynasties.
- "The Land of the Tamulians and its Missions" - Translated from german by J.D.B.GRIBBLE. 1875.
Prof.Wilson and Sir Monier-Williams give three senses in which the word is used
(1) The country in which the Tamil language is spoken;
(2) An inhabitant of the country;
(3) A class of Brah-manical tribe called the 'five Dravidas'.
In accepting the first meaning western scholars and Indian pandits seem to agree.
As regards the second, differences of opinion exist. Whether the name Dravida was applied to all the peoples living in that country or only to a particular caste or tribe remains to be settled.
The Tamil speaking non-Brahmans have always called themselves Tamilar but never Dravidas.
And the Tamil Brahmans who called themselves the mahajanam or the "greatmen" were,and even now are, known to the other Brahmans of India as Dravidas.
- "Tamil Studies of Essays on the History of the Tamil People, Lauguage, Religion and Literature" by M. Srinivasa Aiyangar M.A. 1914.
The Dravidians are divided into different peoples, by diferent languages, as widely different from each other as German, French and English.
The most important of these Dravidian races is that of the Tamulians. They occupy not only the country, but also the North of Ceylon and the South of Travancore, on the western side of the ghauts. There is a Christian congregation of Tamulians at Bombay and at Calcutta; and Tamulians are to be found in, Burmah, Pegu, Singapore, and in the Islands of Mauritius, Bourbon and even in the West Indies. It is only a short time ago that I had to send Tamil gospels and tracts to Jamaica. In short, wherever money is to be earned, and wherever there is a lazier and more superstitious people to be shoved aside, there will Tamulians be found, for they are the most enterprizing and movable people in India. Their numbers according to the last census amount to 16 millions. In the land of the Tamulians there ruled in olden days many kings, but three dynasties made themselves especially remarkable : the Pandian, Chera, and Chola dynasties.
- "The Land of the Tamulians and its Missions" - Translated from german by J.D.B.GRIBBLE. 1875.
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