Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c9.s3.13
Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c9.s3.13
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v1.c9.s3.13
With the foreigners, however, the name underwent a distortion. To the Muhammadans and to the Portuguese it was known as Bisnaga, Bijnagar, Beejanuggur, or Beejnuggur, Bidjanagar, and Bichenagar.⁵ It was further corrupted into Bizenegalia.⁶ Barbosa gives altogether a new name—the kingdom Narsinga (or Narsyngua),⁷ obviously called after the Emperor Nṛsiṃha (Sāḷuva).