இடையர்

itaiyar

இடைச்சாதியார். (திவ்.பெரியதி.11,8,6). Literally people inhabiting the middle region, applied specially to herdsmen as those who graze their cattle in regions known as mullai or forest pasture lying midway between hilly tracts or kuṟici and the plains or marutam;

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iṭaiyar
n. id.
Literally people inhabiting the middle region, applied specially to herdsmen as those who graze their cattle in regions known as mullai or forest pasture lying midway between hilly tracts or kuṟinjci and the plains or marutam;
இடைச்சாதியார். (திவ்.பெரியதி.11,8,6).

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