Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c17.s3.t2.1

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The uniformity in the Hindu system of home life is seen when we compare the ideas of the twelfth century with those of mediaeval times. The eight sources of wealth and enjoyment, as given in a copper-plate record dated A. D. 1403, were houses, both kinds of land (wet and dry), cattle-folds, woods, waste grounds, land filled with game, rivers and hills—*mandi-ram dvi-vidham kṣētram gōṣṭam cha vanam ēva cha khili bhūtam cha yat kṣētram mṛiga-vāsas tathaiva cha nadī-par-vala-bhōgaś cha aṣṭa-bhōgaḥ prakīrtitāḥ.*¹ Then again in a record dated A. D. 1583 we are told that Daḷavāyi Basavi Nāyaka was blessed by the people with health, wealth, cattle, gold, sons and grandsons, in order that he might live a long and unobstructed life.²