{{Short description|Priestly caste within the Ambalavasi community}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Hinduism small}}
'''Chakyar''' (also spelled '''Cakyar, Chakkiar, Chakiar''', etc.) is a priestly caste within the Ambalavasi community of Hindus in the Kerala state of India.<ref name="Gough1961">{{cite book |title=Matrilineal Kinship |editor1-first=David Murray |editor1-last=Schneider |editor-link=David M. Schneider |editor2-first=Kathleen |editor2-last=Gough |chapter=Nayars: Central Kerala |first1=Kathleen |last1=Gough |year=1961 |publisher=University of California Press |pages=309 |isbn=978-0-520-02529-5 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfdvTbfilYAC&pg=PA311#v=onepage&q&f=false |author-link=Kathleen Gough}}</ref>
==See also== * Ammannur Madhava Chakyar * Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar * Mani Damodara Chakyar * Mani Madhava Chakyar * Painkulam Raman Chakyar
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==External links== *{{cite journal|jstor=606843|title=Aj amila-Moksa-Prabandha of Narayana Bhatta|first=V. Venkatarāma Śarmā|last=Śāstrī|date=1 January 1926|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London|volume=4|issue=2|pages=295–300|doi=10.1017/S0041977X00089217 }}
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