Original sentence: A primary source, the Yalpana Vaipava Malai, states that some were descended from Vanniyar caste immigrants from modern Tamil Nadu Some Sri Lankan historians derive the title Vannimai from the Tamil word vanam, meaning "forest", with Vannia or Wannia meaning "person from the forest", and Vannimais being large tracts of forested land.Increasingly however, they are benefiting from political influence and organisation and they now own 50 per cent of the lands of the traditional landowners
Edited sentence: A Vanniyar legend claims that their ancestor Rudra Vanniya Maharaja (or Vira-Vanniyan) was born from the flames of a fire sacrifice.A primary source, the Yalpana Vaipava Malai, states that some were descended from Vanniyar caste immigrants from modern Tamil Nadu.Increasingly, however, they are benefiting from political influence and organisation and they now own 50 per cent of the lands of the traditional landowners.Some Sri Lankan historians derive the title Vannimai from the Tamil word vanam, meaning "forest", with Vannia or Wannia meaning "person from the forest", and Vannimais being large tracts of forested land.This sacrifice was performed by the sage Jambava (also Champuva or Shambhu) to ward off the demons Vatapi and Mahi.Vira-Vanniyan had five sons with Indra's daughter, and his family defeated the demons with the help of the goddess Durga.. According to some historians like Thurston, Rangachari and Hiltebeitel, these folklore were an allusion to the conquest of the Western Chalukya capital Badami(Vatapi) by Narasimhavarman Pallava