Iyothee Thass | |
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| Born | Kathavarayan 20 May 1845 |
| Died | 5 May 1914 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Known for | South Indian Sakya Buddhist movement |
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C. Iyothee Thass (20 May 1845 – 1914) was an Indian anti-caste activist and a practitioner of Siddha medicine. He famously converted to Buddhism and called upon the Paraiyars to do the same, arguing that this was their original religion.[1] He also founded the Panchamar Mahajana Sabha in 1891 along with Rettamalai Srinivasan. Panchamas are the ones who are outcastes.
"Iyothee Thass" is the most common Anglicized spelling of his name; other spellings include Pandit C. Ayodhya Dasa, C. Iyothee Doss, C. Iyodhi Doss, C. Iyothee Thoss, K. Ayōttitācar (avarkaḷ), K. Ayōttitāsa (paṇṭitaravarkaḷ),[1] or Ayothidas Pandithar.[2]
- ^ a b Bergunder, Michael (2004). "Contested Past: Anti-Brahmanical and Hindu nationalist reconstructions of Indian prehistory" (PDF). Historiographia Linguistica. 31 (1): 59–104. doi:10.1075/hl.31.1.05ber.
- ^ Geetha, V., and S. V. Rajadurai. “Dalits and Non-Brahmin Consciousness in Colonial Tamil Nadu.“, p.2091. Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 28, no. 39, Economic and Political Weekly, 1993, pp. 2091–98, [1]