南印度的泰米爾（Damiḷā）人，歷史上多次入侵斯里蘭卡，最著名的一次由 Eḷāra 率領並被 Duṭṭhagāmaṇī 擊退，此外他們也大量定居島上並充當僱傭兵。

The Tamil people of South India whose repeated invasions of Sri Lanka, most famously one led by Eḷāra and repelled by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī, are recorded throughout the island’s chronicles, and who also settled widely and served as mercenaries there.