Vijayanagara Voices: Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature
- Author: Jackson, William J.
Book
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Contents
- Contents: Introduction
- The legend of Vijayanagara's historical origins
- Vidyaranya: sage, political adviser, music theorist, philosopher and biographer
- Reflections on Vidyaranya, and the 'Hinduness' of Islamicate Vijayanagara
- The Goddess' sword: Queen Ganga Devi's rousing story
- and the archetype
- Two poets of the people: Shripadaraya and Atukuri Molla
- Popular worldly wisdom in the oral literature of Vemana and Baddena
- Krishnadevaraya in the night kitchen: realizing his power at the peak of chaos' edge
- Krishnadevaraya's legendary court jester and his dancing women
- Poet: Kanakadasa's eloquent responses to caste prejudice
- Achyutaraya: the coronation after the coronation
- Conclusion: bad blood - wounded pride and retaliations
- Index.