Tidings of the King: A Translation and Ethnohistorical Analysis of the Rayavacakamu by Wagoner, Phillip B

Honolulu HI, University of Hawaii Press, 1993, hardcover, ix-263 pp, first edition, first printing by numberline, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, highlighting to about 25 pages. Dustjacket, large chips, nicks, tears, in new Brodart sleeve. This annotated translation of a South Indian medieval text deals mainly with the reign of Krishnadeyvaraya (r. 1509-1529), In his opening analysis the author argues that one of the primary purposes of the text, written some 90 years after the reign itself, at the Nayaka court of the Madirai, is to articulate the legitimacy of the Madurai Nayaka regime. Illustrated with 6 figures from photographs and 3 detailed maps. Appended: A Note on the translation, abbreviations, 2 apppendices, notes to both parts of the work, works cited and index.