Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.326

c19.326

Fairs, opening of new, brought revenue to government, 58. Fakr-ud-din Mubārak Shāh, a successor of 'Ādil Shāh, 301. Famine, effect of, 232. Faria-y-Sousa, on the strength of the Vijayanagar army, 135. Farming, of the State revenues, 78-81. Father Coutinho, on Tātācārya, 368. Father de Sa, stay of, at Candragiri, 413. Father de Nobili, on education at Madura, 350. Father De Souza, on the early printings and the people, 354. Father Fernandes, school of, at Madura, 349. Father Fernandez, opposed Father Robert de Nobili, 318. Father H. Henriquez, a school established by, at Punnei Kayal, 349. Father Pimenta, prize distribution by, at a school at Madura, 349; school founded by, at St. Thomé, 349. Father Ricao, stay of, at Candragiri, 413. Fergusson, on the architectural features of the Vitthala temple, 393-94; on the date of the construction of the Subrahmaṇya shrine at Cidambaram, 399; on the sculptures in the Vasantamaṇṭapa at Madura, 399. Ferishta, on Bukka I's encouragement to his soldiers, 154; on his march to Ādōni, 134; on the disrespect shown by Bukka I to Muhammad Shāh's ambassador, 172; on the dress of the Vijayanagar soldier, 146; on the military reforms of Dēva Rāya II, 161-62, 319; on the strength of Rāma Rāja's army, 135; on the use of hawks by the Hindus, 293. Festivals: Caitra (Spring or Holi festival) of Śrī Virūpākṣa, 294, 343-44; the Jāmbavatikalyāṇam, enacting of the, during the, 365; Nicolo dei Conti on, 403; Car festival, 342-43; Daśami, 344; Dīpāvali, 341 and fn.; identified with Kārttigai by Sewell and Saletore, 342 fn.; the official New Year and, 341 fn.; Durgāstami, the eighth day of the Mahānavami festival, 340 fn.; Dvādaśi, 344; Ekādaśi, 344; Floating festival, 343; Kārttigai, 342; Kēttai, 333; Mahānavami, a festival for the propitiation of the Goddess Durgā, 338-340; commencement of, 340fn.; dance during the, 295-96; entertainment given by the Dombaras during the, 249-50; King's presence in the, 272; the ninth day of the Mahānavami festival, 340 fn.; origin of the, 338-39 fn.; ornaments and presence of women in the, 267, 288; Paes on women with caps in, 286; processions in, represented on the sides of the Throne Platform 403; review of the forces during the time of, 160-61; seat of the king during the, 271; scenes from, depicted by five rows of bas relief sculptures in the Hazāra Rāmasvāmi temple, 393; witnessed by the king from the Throne platform, 402; Makarasaṅkrānti, 344; New Year Day in Vijayanagar, 341 and fn.; A nine days' festival mentioned by Nicolo dei Conti, 340-41; Pañcaparvams, 344; Rathasaptami, 343 fn.; Śivarātri, 344; Śrī Kṛṣṇa Jayanti, 341fn.; Uriyaḍi, a festival celebrated on the night of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Jayanti, 341 fn.; Vaḷukkamaram tuvattal, a festival answering to the Uriyaḍi, 341 fn.; Vijayadaśami, the tenth day of the Mahānavami festival, 340 fn.