A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.t4.56
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.t4.56
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¹ *Gomedares*, probably the modern *agomia* or *gomia*, "a poignard." Senhor Lopes refers me to Barros, Mendes, Pinto, &c., where the form used is *gumia*; the word being derived from the Arabic *kummiya*, which properly means a curved dagger—"um punhal em meo arco" (MS. in Portuguese, on Morocco, in Senhor Lopes's possession).