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'''Villavar''' was a tribe of hunters lived in [[Tamilakam]], the southern part of ancient India. The word ''villavar'' derives from the [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] word for [[bow and arrow|bow]] (''vil''). The villavars lived in hill tracts and forests.<ref>{{cite book |author=V. Kanakasabhai |title=The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VuvshP5_hg8C&pg=PA39 |year=1904 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0150-5 |page=39 }}</ref> Chera kings used the title villavan<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UXlMCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT50&lpg=PT50&dq=chera+villavan&source=bl&ots=Z9qrkDBKPs&sig=tKt-AC9EwAG9YYwG2FCE3s3I8jY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJwbbRkqffAhUWb30KHYscBjMQ6AEwEXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=chera%20villavan&f=false|title=The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram|last=Hudson|first=D. Dennis|date=2008-09-25|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190451400|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htArUg0OMpcC&pg=PA411&lpg=PA411&dq=chera+villavan&source=bl&ots=JFi7TmgIjd&sig=iM3wa2L4jky6bBIwgQBP7hpMsgE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRtsiVk6ffAhVMWH0KHfGCBhoQ6AEwEHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=chera%20villavan&f=false|title=Ancient India: Collected Essays on the Literary and Political History of Southern India|last=Aiyangar|first=Sakkottai Krishnaswami|date=2004|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120618503|language=en}}</ref><br />
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.<ref>kolli kAvalan villavar kOn *<br />
sEran kulasEkaran mudi vEndhar sigAmaNiyE பெருமாள் திருமொழி</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Dravidian peoples]]<br />
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[[Ezhava]] of kerala ,<br />
[[Billava]] of Karnataka ,<br />
[[Nadar caste]] of Tamil Nadu<br />
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==Modern villavar tribe communities ==<br />
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1) [[Ezhava]] of Kerala <br />
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2) [[Billava]] of Karnataka <br />
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3) [[Nadar caste]] of Tamil Nadu <br />
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