<sod>According to K. N. Sivaraja Pillai, the word "Ravana" may originally have been a Sanskritisation of Iraivan, the Tamil name for a lord or king.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/agastyaintamilla00sivarich/agastyaintamilla00sivarich_djvu.txt Agastya in the Tamil land]</ref>{{pn|date=March 2016}}<eod>
<sod>According to K. N. Sivaraja Pillai, the word "Ravana" may originally have been a Sanskritisation of Iraivan([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: இராவணன்), the Tamil name for a lord or king.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/agastyaintamilla00sivarich/agastyaintamilla00sivarich_djvu.txt Agastya in the Tamil land]</ref>{{pn|date=March 2016}}<eod>