The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c9.50

v1.c9.50

During this second stage the inscriptions put the power of Rama Raya on an equality with that of Sadasiva. In 1551 a private grant is made ‘for the merit of Sadasiva and Rama Raya’². Another inscription of Dasandoddi, dated 1554, states that “Badme Maluka-Odeya granted one village which he had been presented with by Sadasiva and Rama Raya”³. The Bevinahalli grant of Sadasiva (1551) gives both genealogies, that of Sadasiva and that of Rama Raya, in detail⁴. This illustrates the importance of the powerful Regent. Three years later, in 1554-5, Mangala Timmoja Kondojugaru, ‘having done service to Rama Raya and having made a request to the king’ obtained a grant according to his petition⁵. In 1557 the same Mangala Timmoja made a grant to the god Bhire, in order that merit might accrue to Rama Raya’⁶.