Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c21.s3.t2.3

v2.c21.s3.t2.3

In the reign of the same great monarch the head-jewel of that king's court (tad-rājānasthāna-śirōmaṇi) the great minister Hisūr Mallarasayya, who was in charge of the Narasiyapura-sime of the Hoysala-nāḍ, granted to Mallayyadēva, son of Mogūr Sōmayya-dēvoḍeyar, of the sōmēśvarācārya-sampradāya of Ōraṅgal, the village of Hāchraraguppe belonging to Kereyārapurasthala, giving it the name of Mallayyadēvapura. This stone inscription is interesting because it contains several titles which are not in the form usually given to Vijayanagara kings. Its date is given thus: Śrīmat Sālivāhana-śaka-varsha 1438 sanda varttamāna-Dhātu-samvatsarada Pushya-śuddha 7 lu Maṅgaḷa-vāradalu ghaḷige 29 mahā-nakshatra Uttarā...sanda ghaḷige 24½ nitya-nakshatra Rēvati-ghaḷige 47½ Sīvayōga 14½ Vaṇijakaraṇa yint ī pañchāṅga-siddhāyada-tithiyalu...²