A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.91

c21.s2.91

² This word is a puzzle. If the temple be, as seems most probable from the description, the principal temple at Hampe, still in use, I suggest that Aôpe represents “Hampi” or “Hampe.” Radi may be “râjah,” or radian may be “râjyam.” The name was perhaps given to Paes by some one who described it as “the royal Hampe temple,” and this would accurately describe it. It was dedicated to Virûpâksha, and was the cathedral of the great city.