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Tidings of the King: A Translation and Ethnohistorical Analysis of the "Rayavacakamu" / By Phillip B Wagoner

By: Publication details: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 1993Description: ix, 263 p. 20 cmISBN:
  • 0824814959 (hardback)
  • 9780824814953
DDC classification:
  • 954.0252
Contents:
Illustrations; Preface; Part One: AN ETHNOHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE • I; The Rayavacakamu: A Source of Vijayanagara History? • Text and Context • The Rayavacakamn and the Use of the Past • The "City of Victory" as Talisman of Authority • "Demons of the Kali Age" A Note on the Translation • 71; Part Two: TIDINGS OF THE KING • 73; Introduction • 75; 1: The Founding of Vijayanagara • 77; 2: The Coronation and Education of Krishnaraya • 87; 3: Krishnaraya and Timmarasu • 98; 4: Reports of the Turks • 109; 5: Account of the Gajapati Kingdom • 125; 6: The Battle with the Turks • 136; 7: The Gajapati Campaign • 142; ABBREVIATIONS • 16I; APPENDIXES • 163; A. Rayavacakamu Fragments Translated or Paraphrased in Sources of Vijayanagara History (SVH) and Further Sources of Vijayanagara History (FSVH) • 163; B. The Vidyaranya-kiti on the Founding of Vijayanagara • 165; NOTES TO PART ONE • 171; NOTES TO PART TWO • 18I; WORKS CITED • 221; INDEX • 23I.
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Illustrations;
Preface;
Part One: AN ETHNOHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE • I;
The Rayavacakamu: A Source of Vijayanagara History? • Text and Context • The Rayavacakamn and the Use of the Past • The "City of Victory" as Talisman of Authority • "Demons of the Kali Age" A Note on the Translation • 71;
Part Two: TIDINGS OF THE KING • 73;
Introduction • 75;
1: The Founding of Vijayanagara • 77;
2: The Coronation and Education of Krishnaraya • 87;
3: Krishnaraya and Timmarasu • 98;
4: Reports of the Turks • 109;
5: Account of the Gajapati Kingdom • 125;
6: The Battle with the Turks • 136;
7: The Gajapati Campaign • 142;
ABBREVIATIONS • 16I;
APPENDIXES • 163;
A. Rayavacakamu Fragments Translated or Paraphrased in Sources of Vijayanagara History (SVH) and Further Sources of Vijayanagara History (FSVH) • 163;
B. The Vidyaranya-kiti on the Founding of Vijayanagara • 165;
NOTES TO PART ONE • 171;
NOTES TO PART TWO • 18I;
WORKS CITED • 221;
INDEX • 23I.

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