A war expedition or pilgrimage? : Acyutarāya’s southern campaign as depicted in the "Acyutarāyābhyudaya"

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punktacja MEiN [2013 B]: 7

title:	A war expedition or pilgrimage? : Acyutarāya’s southern campaign as depicted in the "Acyutarāyābhyudaya"
author:	Sudyka Lidia
journal title:	Cracow Indological Studies
title of volume:	History and society as depicted in Indian literature and art. P. 2, Śrāvya, poetry & prose
volume:	15
date of publication :	2013
pages:	81-100
ISSN:	1732-0917
eISSN:	2449-8696
DOI:	10.12797/CIS.15.2013.15.06
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	A visit to a temple before a battle, or visiting a holy place on the way to a military campaign, as well as paying homage to a god and offering rich gifts after a victorious battle are well attested in literature and inscriptions. However, Vijayanagara ruler Acyutarāya’s southern campaign depicted by the poet Rājanātha Ḍiṇḍima, as will be shown further in the paper, is in fact a pilgrimage route of a pious Hindu. Thus, while accompanying the monarch on his war expedition, instead of witnessing bloody battles, the reader becomes acquainted with sacred geography of South India.
keywords in English:	Vijayanagara, Acyutarāya, pilgrimage, sacred geography of South India, kings and poets
number of pulisher's sheets:	1,2
affiliation:	Wydział Filologiczny : Instytut Orientalistyki
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper