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**MannoFr** · 03-25-2006, 08:00 AM

contd:

akam + padi + ar = akaththup padinthu iruppavar. Internal (palace) workers or guards.

maRavan = a soldier.

Military workers have evolved into castes in many instances and therefore, these ranks cannot be neatly set against current Western military ranks most of the time.

03-25-2006, 08:00 AM	#17
MannoFr Join Date Mar 2007 Posts 4,451 Senior Member	contd: akam + padi + ar = akaththup padinthu iruppavar. Internal (palace) workers or guards. maRavan = a soldier. Military workers have evolved into castes in many instances and therefore, these ranks cannot be neatly set against current Western military ranks most of the time.
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