The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.111

v1.c12.111

But he is not the only person who bears this title. Achyuta Raya himself is honoured with it in the *Achyutarayabhyudayam* ². The Krishnapuram plates of Sadasiva also give the same title to the Nayaks of Madura ³; most probably some of their ancestors took part in this campaign of Achyuta. But as a matter of fact, we know from other sources that Nagama Nayaka, the father of the first Nayak of Madura, was one of the generals in this campaign. It seems that he lived in Kanchivaram, while holding the military command over the Tondai-mandalam. He would therefore have been taken by Achyuta when the latter went to Travancore. For Nagama was naturally able to give first class advice, on account of his familiarity with the Tamil people and their language ⁴. Nagama’s son Visvanatha was also probably in the imperial army ⁵. Another in the army was probably the powerful magnate called Nagappa ⁶.