Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.442

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Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, emperor, 3, 4, 68, 158, 171; son of Narasa, 382; a Tuḷuva, 322; greatest of the Tuḷuva kings, 17; had twelve lawful wives, 263; Ciṇṇā dēvī, queen of, 377; daughter of, an expert in chess, 293; father of Tirumalāmbā, 367; Prime Minister, Sāluva Timma, 35, 111, 191-92, 365; contemporary of Pratāpa Rudra, 366; so-called abdication of, 15-16, and fn.; account of, given in the Rāyavācakamu by the sthānāpati of Viśvanātha Nāyaka, 198; additions to the Viṭṭhala temple by, 391, 393; administration of the Tiruvārūr temple by, 384; administration of Vijayanagar, stabilised by, 9; administrative arrangement of the Ummattūr country by, after its conquest, 169; Allasāni Peddana, the poet laureate of his court, patronised by, 26, 376-77; a man of letters, 6, 100, 355, 365; amount of revenue paid to, by eastern Carṇāṭaka 50; and his Council, 24-25; and the “wife” of the Gajapati, 167; a patron of scholars, 6, 355, 365, 374; Apatsahāyaṇ of Tirukkadiyūr, a general under, 144, 242; appointment of an accountant by, 237; appointment of his son Tirumala as yuvarāja when six years old, 12 and 12 fn.; appointment by, of Veṅkaṭa Tātayārāja, to enquire into social matters, 116-17; a staunch devotee of Veṅkaṭēśa, 401; author of the Āmuktamālyada, 365, 374-76, of the Jāmbavatīkalyāṇam, 294, 365, of Madālasācaritra, Rasamañjarī, Satyavadhū preṇanam, Sakalakathāsārasaṅgraham, Śuktinaipuṇi jñānacintāmaṇi, 365; benefactions of, to temples, 323-24; betel page of, 274;

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blinded and imprisoned Sāluva Timma besides others, and ruined his family, 30, 124, 195; but did not execute him, 240; Brahman ministers under, 241; built a gōpura at Kaḷahasti, 397; built a part of the northern gōpura at Cidambaram, 322, 322 fn.; 325 fn., 397, 398; built a tower on the south side of the outer enclosure of the Ēkāmbaranātha temple at Conjeevaram, 398; cannon taken to Raicūr by, 150; commission to Pemmasāni Rāmalinga by, 154; conquest of the Sultan of Biḍār by, 147; construction by, of a lake near the capital, 74; of the “House of Victory,” after his return from Orissa, 402; of the Kṛṣṇasvāmi temple, 391; and his Council, 29, 32, 164; coronation of, attended by feudatory chiefs, 10; performed by Sāḷuva Timma, 11; daḷavāy of, in Hassan Sthala, 140 fn.; announcement of war by, to neutral neighbouring states, 171-72; division of the army into seven wings by, at Raicūr, 152; doings of, after the capture of Ahmadnagar, 157-58; dress of, 284; embassy sent by, to the Portuguese court in 1511, 174; encouragement given to the soldiers of Raicūr by, 154-155; equipment of the army of, that marched to Raicūr, 137; estimate of the strength of his army by Paes, Nuniz, the Rāyavācākamu, 135, 136; estimate of the wealth of, by Paes, 50; execution of prisoners by, 127-28; exemption of the tenants colonising Araśarkōyil, during the time of, 85; expedition of, to Ceylon, 176; figure of, sculptured in relief in the niche in the northern gōpuram at Cidambaram, 398;

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painted figure of, and his father, in the palace, 277, 413; figure of, and his queens, in the Tirumalai temple, 323, 401; followed by two of his queens to Koṇḍavīḍu, 266; followed to Raicūr by the Governor of Vijayanagar with a contingent, 234; gift by, to Alagiya Tiruccirrambalamudaiya Tambirānār, 325 fn.; gift of lands by, to the people for making improvements, 84; gifts by, to the messengers from Birar, Bidar, and Golkonda, 172; grant by, of a village to Nandi Timmayya, 293 fn.; Gutti rājya became a subdivision of the Penugonda rājya during the time of, 180; Haribhatta, a contemporary of, 393; human sacrifice offered by, 345; improvements to the Tirumalai temple by, 401; induced to attack Calicut, 177; invitation by, of Vira Bhadra for a duel with a professional man, 292 fn.; Kāma Nāyaka, the Chief Guard of, 39; Kannada poets during the days of, 382-83; “King’s Guard” of, 141; Kondavidu inscription of, 59-60; the larger assembly of, 27; literary importance of the reign of, 365-66, 374, 387; Mangarasayva the Vāśal Karanikkam of, 38; Mañjārippā, in praise of, by Jñānaprakāśa Dēśikar, 384; mention of engines by, in his Āmuktamālyada, 150; Moors, in the service of, 162, 319; Nādinḍla Gōpa, his Governor at Kondavidu, 378; the nobles and the contingents that followed him to Raicūr, 138; ornaments of, 287; Paes on the captains (nāyakas) under, 197-98; Paes on the extent of the empire of, 176-77; Paes on the harem of, 265; the Pārijātāpaharaṇamu of Nandi Timmana dedicated to, 377;

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patronage of Jainism by, 317; patronage of Vyāsarāya by, 324, 336, 365; performance of the Spring festival by, 343-44; petition to, by the authorities of the temple at Tiruvāmāttūr, 112; practice of wrestling by, 291; principles cf, regarding war, 166; purchase of horses by, 99, 148; reconquest of territories by, 176; regulated programme of, 276-77; remission of 10,000 varāhas to the Śiva and Viṣṇu temples by, 225, 226, 322, 325 fn.; remission of the tax on marriages by, 24, 70-71; respect of, for Brahmans, 240; review of forces by, 161; Sāḷuva Timma’s part in the wars of, 34; the Saṅgitasūryodaya of Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa dedicated to, 366; sent advance troops to Raicūr, 151; siege by, of the city where the lord of the land of “Catuir” was, 157; siege by, of Raicūr, 157; solicitude of, for non-combatants, 167-68; spies of, in the kingdoms of his northern neighbours, 171; survey and assessments of lands by, 45-46; Tamil poets during the time of, 384-85; Timmanna Kavi, a contemporary of, 382; took the field to quell even a small rebellion, 154; unrivalled in music, 297; Vaisnavism under, 322-24; Vallabhācārya in the court of, 313; on the administration of justice, 122; on the appointment of Brahmans to places of responsibility, 242; on the augmentation of the financial resources of the State, 74; on Cabinet secret, 29-30; on the captured, 167; on clemency, 127; on the daily programme of the king, 276; on the duties of kings, 18, 22, 25-26; on the employment of spies, 171;

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on the encouragement given to the mendicants, 19; on the entertainment of Brahmans in the military, 143-44; on the expenditure of a king, 99, 101, 148; on frank talk with, and the rewarding of ambassadors, 172; on hoarding, 101; on the importance of the king in the body politic, 9; on the importance of the protection of Dharma, 21; on kings going personally to battle, 154; on the king’s watching the actions of ministers through spies, 31; on the maintenance of the social solidarity of the people, 240;