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Dravida
Dravida Dra"vi*da, n. pl. [Skr. Dr[=a]vi[dsdot]a, prob. meaning, Tamil.] (Ethnol.) A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.

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- based on the usage of the Sanskrit word drāviḍa in the work Tantravārttika by Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, the word drāviḍa in Sanskrit has been historically used...
- (2,30) Dravidas are mentioned along with other kings who attended Pandava king Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice. The kings of the Dravidas and the Sinhalas...
- The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil pronunciation: [t̪iɾaːʋiɖɐ munːeːtrɐk kɐɻɐɡɐm]; transl. Dravidian Progressive Federation; abbr. DMK) is an Indian...
- century), quotes Shiva to name the following divisions of the Pancha Dravidas: Drāviḍa Tailaṅga Karnāṭa Madhyadeśa (identified with Mahārāṣṭra in variant...
- to change the system outright. One such incident involved bringing Adi Dravidas into the inner sanctum sanctorum of temples and threatening Brahmin priests...
- The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (transl. All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation; abbr. AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party...
- The Dravida Nadu movement was a separatist movement s****ing to create a homeland for the Dravidians by establishing a sovereign state in the Dravidian-speaking...
- Adi Dravida (or Adi Dravidar) is a term that has been used since 1914 in South India to denote Paraiyars. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, they...
- Dravida Brahmins, or simply Dravidulu, are Hindu brahmins and a sub-caste of the Telugu Brahmins of Andhra Pradesh in South India, who migrated from Tamil-speaking...
- mentioned in Mahabharata- "There are other kingdoms in the south. They are the Dravidas, the Keralas, the Prachyas, the Mushikas, and the Vanavashikas; the Mahishakas...