Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c18.s4.t2.4

v2.c18.s4.t2.4

"Hail! The entire guild of the Nagaramummuri,[²] which was possessed of all the glory of the names commencing with 'That which......'[³] and has for its pure origin the perfect (lineage of) Khaṇḍali, which is adorned with the pure banner (bearing the device) of a hill (acquired) by preserving the Virabaḷañja laws, which embrace truth and pure conduct and brilliant achievements and morality and modesty, and are adorned with innumerable good qualities acquired by five hundred strict edicts celebrated throughout the whole world ; that which has eighteen cities ; that which has the boon of the sixty-four yōgas ; that which is the locality of the sixty-four ghaṭikās ; the supreme lords of the city of Ayyāvoḷe ; those who are a very cage of thunderbolts to (protect) those who take refuge with them ; those who bestow largely and afford a shelter ; those who give shelter, and protect; those who behave like brothers to the wives of other men ; those who are like the tree of paradise to (grant all the desires of) people who apply to them. . . . . . . . . "1