Talk:Eelam

message: This entry had many problems, so created one with all points of view. What Inmeed help in is finding attestation of this word in Tamil nadu for Toddy as well as actual place names from Kerala with this name. Thanks-RaveenS 22:36, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The meaning of "Toddy" is attested in the Madras Tamil Lexicon, which is a reliable source. Try the Tamil Virtual University's online version - you want page 194. -- Arvind 01:42, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Over two years after this discussion (haste makes waste), I've added a bit more detail about the etymology, contrasting the views of the DED and the MTL. I'll see if I can get hold of Gundert's 1869 paper - until today, I had no idea he'd said anything at all on this topic. -- Arvind (talk) 08:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was working on a comprehensive article but your additions will make that even better Taprobanus (talk) 13:18, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: One view only

message: What you think about the word Eelam and Elam from the Elamites?
Historical Survey of Eelam
It will be good, when we take this article to discuss.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tamilstyle (talk • contribs) 13:55, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  The chances are slim. - Gopalan evr (talk) 00:52, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eelam and Elam 

message: Statement in this article "Eelam (Tamil: ஈழம், īḻam) also spelled Eezham, Ilam or Izham in English is the native Tamil name for the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka." is a distortion of history.
It is surprising why such statements were not verified and corrected. There are NO reasonable historically worth evidence to refer Sri Lanka as Elam in Tamil or any other language.
Verifiable Historical Evidence to prove, Elam referred elsewhere, and not Sri Lanka:
1. In Rig Veda, the sunken land of Ilam of the Tamils, is called Kumari Kandam (The Virgin-Land).
Refer: South Indian Origins of Vedic Agni
2. Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran.
Refer: Elamo-Dravidian , Elamite language , List of rulers of Elam
Therefore, Tamil Eelam concept referring to Sri Lanka has no roots and an intentional distortion of history.
I wish, rest of the online literature on Tamil Eelam lies be corrected by the same [organization], responsible for posting them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fonsidream (talk • contribs) 20:32, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  The above statement ignores or is ignorant of the history of the region. Elam and Eelam are two entirely different areas. The former is in West Asia and the later is the Tamil name for Sri Lanka. Any resemblance is purely accidental. Tamil literature has always referred the neighbouring island of Sri Lanka as "Eelam". There are quotes from "Pattinappalai" even in this article. The term Eelam is related to the word for the old Sinhala language - Helu or Elu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elu_language - although I cannot say which is derived from which. Thus it is not any intentional distortion of history. Incidentally, Rig veda does not refer to Kumari Kandam, to the best of my knowledge. Kumari Kandam does not refer to Sri Lanka - it refers to a sunken land south and west of Kanyakumari - and Sri Lanka is east of Kanyakumari.  - Gopalan evr (talk) 00:50, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Historical Evidence to refer Sri Lanka was Elam 

message: If you are scholar in the area please at least sign your information, and please list the books you have written and the research you have done and the university you represent.
Humans have moved around alot more that what we think...maybe the early people who moved there some of them migrated from what is now Iran and kept the name and integrated with the people who were already there.
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Sri Lancan and don't really care...but your points seem politically motivatedStarbwoy (talk) 15:16, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: No Historical Evidence to refer Sri Lanka as Elam? 

message: The article states that the word Eezham is native although the articlear points toward S.India for origin?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.163.184 (talk) 23:24, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin 

message: The sentence that begins "Not only are the words..." is not grammatical. What is it trying to say?! 2A00:23C5:FE0B:700:BDB8:7B11:D97:3E18 (talk) 06:41, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar problem: confusion 

message: The redirect Eelam (disambiguation) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:32, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
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