The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c17.101
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c17.101
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8. The grants of his successors extol the virtues of the 'excellent' Tirumala, as he is called in the Kuniyur plates of Venkata III ⁵. The Penuguluru grant pronounces him "an ocean of praiseworthy qualities, the prosperous abode of unrestrained charities" ⁶, "illustrious, distinguished for his prudence, the gifts from whose hands excelled even those of the tree of Indra, and who was a fountain of good qualities" ⁷. He is said "to rule the whole earth with great glory and unequalled renown, like Hari (Vishnu) among the Trimurti” ¹, or “to protect the earth like Vishnu among the Trimurti” ².