Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c6.43

c6.43

Abdication. As in ancient India a few of the ruling sovereigns of Vijayanagar abdicated in favour of their sons in the evening of their lives and retired from active politics to spend the rest of their time in pious meditation. Thus according to the account of Rājanātha Diṇḍima, Guṇḍa, the father of Sāḷuva Narasiṃha, installed his son as his successor and retired to the forests as a Vānaprastha.²⁴ Similarly in the Nāyak court of Tanjore Acyutappa installed his son on the throne and retired to the forests.²⁵