The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c7.24

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⁶ Ferishta, III, p. 81, says that he was 'deemed almost an idiot', and Couto, l. c., adds that 'he was mad as it is declared in his very name, since Uche means mad in Canarese'. The three accounts of Ferishta, Correa and Couto contain several palpable falsehoods, but many details coincide in a marked degree with those we know from other sources; while the narrative of Ferishta, although located some years earlier in his history, openly refers to facts which happened at Achyuta's demise. The *Burhan-i-Ma'asir*, *Ind. Ant.*,