Vijayanagara Voices: Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature

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.