Villavar was a tribe of hunters lived in Tamilakam, the southern part of ancient India. The word villavar derives from the Dravidian word for bow (vil). The villavars lived in hill tracts and forests.[1] Chera kings used the title villavan[2][3] Kulasekhara Alwar the founder of the later Chera dynasty called himself "Villavar Kon", king of Villavars, in a Tamil work written by him known as Perumal Thirumozhi.[4] Villavar is called Bhil in Central India.

Cousin Tribal Group

The Meenavar, also known as Pattanavar or Sembadavar, are a caste of Tamil Nadu, India.

References

  1. ↑ V. Kanakasabhai (1904). The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago. Asian Educational Services. p. 39. ISBN 978-81-206-0150-5.
  2. ↑ Hudson, D. Dennis (25 September 2008). The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190451400.
  3. ↑ Aiyangar, Sakkottai Krishnaswami (2004). Ancient India: Collected Essays on the Literary and Political History of Southern India. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120618503.
  4. ↑ kolli kAvalan villavar kOn * sEran kulasEkaran mudi vEndhar sigAmaNiyE பெருமாள் திருமொழி


Ezhava of Kerala, Billava of Karnataka, Nadar caste of Tamil Nadu

Modern villavar tribe communities

    1) Ezhava & Illathu pillai of Tamil Nadu and Kerala

    2) Shanars & Nadars of Tamil Nadu and Kerala

    3) Billava & Ediga of Karnataka

    4) Goud of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh


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