Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s2.133

v2.c24.s2.133

The people of Maṇḍu-nāḍu have given us some more evidence of their solidarity. In A. D. 1367 all the Gauḍas and subjects of that nāḍu granted specified land to Śakaṇṇa's son Dēvappa.² In A. D. 1371 all the nāḍ people of the four Maṇḍu-nāḍ Thirty, which is here stated to be in Maduvaṅka-nāḍ, granted the lands of Maṅgaḷa village, excluding those belonging to the god, to Sūrya Bhaṭṭa's son Maharasa, in order that he might attain the four objects of human desire (*dharma-artha-kāma-mōksha-chatur-vidha-purushārtha-sidhyarthavāgi*). And also the land in Badagareyakere (specified), from affection for Umā-Mahēśvara.³