Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c22.s3.80

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Mallikārjuna, who was also known as Immaḍi Prauḍha Dēva Rāya, was likewise beloved by the people. An inscription dated Śaka 1374 (A. D. 1452-3) informs us that Dēvappagaḷ, son of Annadātā Daṇṇāyaka, granted the village Kaṇakkaṇpattu alias Śedirāyanallūr, to the temple of Tiruppulippagava-Nāyaṇār at Pāttūr in Kaḷattūr-kōṭṭam, in Jayaṅgḍona-chōḷamaṇḍalam, for the health of the king.³ In a record assigned to about the same year we are told that Hariparasa, of the Customs, granted as an endowment for the god Annadāni Mallikārjuna of Śrigiri Kuḍukūr the dues, customs, and mill tax of four villages (named), free of all imposts, " in order that merit might accrue to Mallikārjuna Rāya ".⁴ Muḷuvāyi Jannarasa in A. D. 1465 granted a dharma-śāsana embodying the gift of the tribute money for sacred ashes (vibhūti-gāṇike honnu) and the revenue from forced sales (kaḍḍāyada-huṭṭuvaḷḷi) levied for the palace from the temples of the Muḷuvāyi kingdom, for the offerings of the god Svayambhūnātha of the Maḍavaḷa-sthāna of Kēsambaḷa in the Eḷavañji-nāḍ in the Muḷuvāyi kingdom, “in order that merit might accrue to Mallikārjuna Rāya Mahārāya”.¹