Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c22.s3.82

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The Gaṇḍaragoḷḷi (Gaṇḍara-gūḷi) Daḷavāyi Soṇṇappa Nāyāka's son Bairappa Nāyaka granted by means of a *dharma-śāsana* in A. D. 1541 the lands of the Simpāḍipura-sime in the Haṇabe-sime, and one pond, to Maleyakānta Dēva of Śivagaṅga, in order that *dharma* may be to Narasiṅga Dēva Mahārāya.² In the reign of Virūpākṣa Rāya, Muḷuvāyi Hariyappa gave to the Muḷuvāyi city merchant Daṇḍapa's son Yeleya Saṅkapa Śeṭṭi also a *dharma-śāsana*, in A. D. 1468, remitting to him certain specified dues and imposts, also for the same purpose.³ We can only assume that the Narasiṅga Rāya mentioned in the above epigraphs could only have been Sāḷuva Nṛisiṁha, about whose popularity, as we have already stated, even Nuniz was constrained to remark. That Nuniz was accurate in his estimate of that great ruler is proved by an epigraph dated about A. D. 1478. This record states that Varadarāja Dēva gave to Gauḍahaḷḷi Doḍḍayya Oḍeyar, son of Mudirāja Oḍeyar, a *dharma-śāsana* of a *pura* transferring the village of Chakkalūr with all taxes (specified), in the presence of the god Varadarāja, in order that *dharma* may be to (with titles) Kaṭhāri Sāḷuva Narasiṅga Rāja Oḍeyar.⁴ Āyiamman and Īśarappaṇ made an agreement in Śaka 1408 (A. D. 1486-7) to burn a lamp before the god in the Aruḷāla-Perumāḷa temple at Little Conjeeveram, Chingleput district, for the merit of the king Sāḷuva Narasiṅga.⁵