འགྲོ་ལྡིང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

Draviḍa was the name for the region in the south of India where the Dravidian languages were spoken, including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil. The Dravidians were the indigenous population of India before the arrival of people who spoke Indo-European languages, specifically early forms of Sanskrit.

The region inhabited by peoples who speak Tamil, Telugu, Kanarese, Malayalam, and Tulu.

An umbrella term for the languages of South India.

Another name for the Dravidian, non-Aryan people and language(s) of South India and northern Sri Lanka. Dramiḍa (actually spelled drāmiḍa in the Sanskrit of the quote from this text in the Śikṣāsamuccaya) is the origin of the word Tamil; other Dravidian languages are Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

(1) A country of the Deccan region of India. (2) A kingdom in southern India.

A designation used for a group of languages spoken in the south of India, including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil.

Draviḍa was the name for the region in the south of India where the Dravidian languages were spoken, including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil. The Dravidians were the indigenous population of India before the arrival of people who spoke Indo-European languages, specifically early forms of Sanskrit.

One of the prominent peoples of the Indian Subcontinent who were already present there prior to the arrival of the Aryans in around 1500 ᴄᴇ.