The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c30.14

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According to this explanation Venkata had altogether six wives. Of them Obamma or Pedobamamba was the daughter of Jillella Ranga Raja; Krishnamma or Krishnamba was the daughter of Jillella Krishna Raju; and Kondamma or Kondammbika was the daughter of Gobburi Oba ¹. This Gobburi Oba or Oba Raya had, moreover, another daughter who was married to Venkata. We are inclined to believe that she was Raghavamba. This information comes from the Jesuit sources of 1598-9, when the first Jesuits visited Venkata’s court: “The King”, says du Jarric, “had married two of his (Oba Raya’s) daughters” ²; and the same author says later on that Oba Raya had “two daughters married to the King” ³. Now we know the names of the fathers of the other three of Venkata’s wives at that time. Raghavamba’s father is unknown to us. It is true that the first mention of Kondambika is found in 1601; but she might have been married to Venkata a little earlier. Thus the explanation holds good that when the Jesuits first visited Venkta’s court two of Venkata’s wives were daughters of Oba Raya.