Talk:Dravida

Dravida and Dravidian
Hi, I'm not that familiar with the topic, but would the term Dravida andDravidian be the same things? Is Dravida a word for Dravidian people? I'm not proposing a merge yet but can this article be merged with Dravidian people and Dravidian languages? Brad T. Cordeiro 21:57, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


 * 2 different, one is a historic term other is a modern anthropological classification. 216.95.23.95 06:09, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

The trivia section on Madrasis has been deleted since it has nothing to do with 'dravida'


 * On that subject, "Madrasi" redirects to this page. I'm totally ignorant of the subject, but perhaps someone wants to add a mention of the relation between this word and "Dravida" (i.e. why madrasi redirects here)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.37.23.58 (talk) 03:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

Just wanted to point out, the word Dravida has no basis as a classification in Hindu mythology, it's pretty clear the name is mostly just a perversion of some other word in Sanskrit by western indologists. It's not present in the Vedas or any other shruti text and in general just an artificial racial construct. I don't really see how it can be used realistically. 71.245.160.30 21:01, 15 August 2007 (UTC)