The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c8.49

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4. Rama Raya, also called Kodanda Rama, was the eldest of the three brothers. In the grants of Sadasiva, Rama is always called Sadasiva’s brother-in-law, the husband of his sister³; whilst in several poems and in an inscription of Venkata III as well as in Ferishta, Couto and the *Basatin-us-Salatin*, we read that Rama Raya’s wife was a daughter of Krishna Deva Raya⁴ and Queyroz even affirms that she was the only daughter of this Emperor⁵. The *Narapativijaya* says that her name was Tirumalambika⁶ and the *Annals of Hande Anan-*