Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s1.105

v2.c24.s1.105

For patriotic as well as religious purposes the inhabitants of Periya-nāḍu in Māśandi-nāḍu, including Piḷḷa Gauḍa, the officer of the nāḍu which was called after the ruler, Vira Baḷḷāḷa Dēva-nāḍu, and the royal officers (named), A.D. 1304, granted the wet and dry lands (specified) in the villages of Neṛkundi and Erumūrkkadappaḷḷi in order to provide for the offerings of the god Ṡingaveṅgai-Uḍaiyār.³ With the same object the Mahāsāmantādhipati Sakkaya Nāyaka's son Vaiśandagaḷi Dēva together with the inhabitants of the nāḍu (Muttakūr ?) in A. D. 1315 granted the village of Araiyūraṇpaḷḷi in the Muttakkūr division, for the offerings of the god Seviḍai-Nāyaṇār.¹