Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c25.s1.121

v2.c25.s1.121

Kṛṣṇa Dēva Rāya is represented by Nandi Timmayya in a verse at the end of the first canto of his *Pārijātāpaharaṇam* as hearing along with his queens, the works composed by the poets assembled at the court for the spring festival.⁶ In the Sanskrit drama entitled *Jāmbavatīkalyāṇa*, written by Kṛṣṇa Dēva Rāya himself, we are told in its prologue that that drama was enacted before the people assembled to witness the Chaitra (spring) festival of Virūpākṣa.⁷