[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934) › v2.c17.s2.2 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c17.s2.2 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c17.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c17.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c17.s2.2) ¹Sewell, \*For. Emp.\*, pp. 246-7. On p. 247, n. (2). Sewell in connection with the word Macacão, writes. "A mixture, apparently, of \*Mahā\*, 'great' and 'Śāh'". The word may as well stand for "\*Mahārāya\*". B.A.S. ²Manu, II, 234, pp. 70-1. ³Śukranīti, III, ll. 2-5, p. 102. ⁴Ghosal, \*Hind. Pol. Theor\*, p. 7 (1st ed.), p. 7 (2nd ed.). - [Previous: v2.c17.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c17.s2.1) - [Next: v2.c17.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c17.s2.3) - [Up: v2.c17.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c17.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.234) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.3.2) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c17.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c17.s2.2) · Pramāṇa