Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c9.s3.32

c9.s3.32

kind of fight called *sāmbrāni*. It states that the *Mahānāyakācārya* having a mind to see a fight with left foot advanced and the right foot in the *sāmbrāni* fashion, one Cennappa fighting against Caṇḍa Bova in front of his master in a battle at Nāgārjunakōṭe died and went to the feet of the Gods in the world of Gods. The exact phrase used in the inscription is *yeḍada kāla śāci balada kāla sāmbrāni rana*. It is not however found in the Kanarese text but is supplied by Rice. The Kanarese text has *svambrāni* rana; and there is nothing to justify the addition of the word ‘fashion’ It seems to refer to a battle fought at a place probably called Svambrāni. (See E.C., XI, Ck. 42).