गोदो-गोदायनि तामिल बिजाबफोराव समाजारि थाखो रान्नायनि सोमोन्दै गोबां मुंख'नाय दं, जेरै हारिसाखौ दिन्थिनो थाखाय कुडी सोदोब बाहायनायजों फोरमायनाय जादोंमोन।
Early Tamil texts do make a number of references to social stratification, as expressed by the use of the word kudi to denote "caste".