Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.814

c19.814

Rāma Rāja (Rāma Rāja Oḍeyār, Rāma Rāya), anointment of Sadāśiva by, 11, 24, 28; de facto sovereign, 326; regency and usurpation of, 4, 17-18; domination of, over Sadāśiva, 194-95; Tirumalāmbā, wife of, 367; alleged anti-Brahmanical tendencies of, 242-43; alleged restoration by, of the Gōvindarāja shrine at Cidambaram, 326 and fn.; and Rāmayāmātya, 297; an ardent Vaiṣṇava, 326; Bakhir of, 145, 146; barbers shown special favour by, 248-49 and 249 fn.; and the remission of taxes on the barbers, 65; the Bevanahalli grant of, 320; called Ain-ul-Mulk, his brother, 163; commanded a wing at Raksas Taṅgḍi, 152; cruelties of, in his wars against the Muhamadans, 167; Diluvar Khān, an agent of, 320; encouragement given by, to the soldiers at Raksas Taṅgḍi, 155; estimate of the strength of the army, of, by Ferishta, 135; exaction of tribute by, from the Sultans of Bijapur and Golkonda, 177; grant of an estate for Āmūr Khān, 320; a Korān placed before, 320; Rāma Rāja Bhūṣaṇa, the court poet of, 379; defeat and death of, at Raksas Taṅgḍi, 328 fn.