Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s2.161

v2.c24.s2.161

In another effaced record dated about A. D. 1430 we are told that Śrigirinātha Oḍeyar gave munificent donations for a new chhatra or rest-house of the god Śrigiri Mallikārjuna. Saṅgama Dēvi (wife of Śrigiri Oḍeyar ?) gave up the house she was in, together with the wells and fruit trees for the nineteen Brahmans of the chhatra. And for the ten Jaṅgamas for whom the nāḍ people have provided in the chhatra, "the Brahman who attends to them, and two Śūdra women to clean up, for these thirteen persons, whoever is the manager of the Brahman chhatra will collect from the nāḍ people the amount specified and provide the bhatta (or rice) required for the whole thirtytwo persons." The inscription does not enlighten us on the question whether the *nāḍ* people themselves authorized the collection of the specified fee.¹