Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c25.s2.28

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A record of A. D. 1432 contains the following praise of the poet Maṅgarāja : "Capable of producing good musical modes (*otherwise* joy to the good) by its association with the sound (*otherwise* suggested meaning) of the composition, the poetry of the poet Maṅgarāja resembles the *vīṇā* (lute) of Sarasvatī".¹ To the tambourine players (*tammuṭukārarige*) of the Hanumaṅta temple at Huruvaḷi, Koppa, a grant of land in Koppa was made in A. D. 1533 by Allappa Nāyaka.²