| 词条 | Chekavar |
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The Chekavar (also Chekava, Chekavan, Chekon) were warriors of Thiyyar community. EtymologyChekavar is derived from the Sanskrit word Chekavarah:, which means the best among disciplined and intelligent men. Hermann Gundert's English-Malayalam Dictionary, defines the term as militiaman and warrior.[1] According to George Mathew, Chekavar was a name used in the southern regions of southern and central Travancore. It was synonymous with Ezhava and Thiyya.[2] OriginSangam literature and hero stones found in Tamil Nadu show that Chekavar were engaged in combat, often on behalf of a lord. On these hero stones, Chekavar are generally depicted by an image of an armed man along with a Shiva Linga. Hero stones were erected to commemorate men who had fallen in battle or cattle raids and were traditional during the Sangam period.[3]Military exploits of the Ezhavas are recorded in folk songs such as the "Vadukkan Pattukal".[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite book |title=Malayalam-English Dictionary |first=Herman |last=Gundert |origyear=1872 |edition=3rd |publisher=Sahythia Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham, Kerala |year=2000}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30|title=Communal Road to a Secular Kerala|last=Mathew|first=George|publisher=Concept Pub.Co, 1989|isbn=81-7022-282-6|page=30}} 3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py50jfBsv_kC&pg=PA113&dq=cevakan&lr= |title=Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition |chapter=Domesticity and Difference/Women and Men: Religious Life in Medieval Tamil Nadu |page=113|first=Leslie C. |last=Orr |editor-first=Tracy |editor-last=Pintchman|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2007|isbn=0-19-517706-1|accessdate=2008-12-13}} 4. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNAI9F8IBOgC&pg=PA27|title=Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia|last=Smith|first=Bardwell L.|publisher=BRILL|year=1976|isbn=90-04-04510-4|page=27}} 3 : Ezhava|Indian warriors|Hindu warriors |
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