Talk:Nayakas of Kalahasti

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Yachama Naidu belongs to Venkatagiri principality

Yachama Naidu mentioned in this article was part of Venkatagiri estate royal family and not of Kalahasti, tough it appearsd they were related.--Fort5000 (talk) 08:43, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Damarla is not Velugoti

The Damarla clan is quite distinct from the Velugoti clan, though they had marriage alliance in later stages. It appears Damarlas tried to claim the Velugoti fame after Yacama Nayaka's death, which explains why many sources are confused about it. But for writing historical matters, we follow WP:HISTRS. Here are some quotes from Rao, Shulman and Subramanyam^[1]

The victory [at Uttaramerur] had further implications of a political nature: Venkatapati [Raya] now pressed hard to exercise increased dominance over the Nayakas of the south; Lingama was again defeated (this time at Minnal), and Velur itself eventually taken by Damarla Chenna (one of Yacama's erstwhile enemies at Uttaramerur, who shifted sides). As the Aravidu emperor achieved control over both Velur and Chandragiri as well as the coastal areas around the ports of Sao Tome and Pulicat, the Velugoti lineage jostled for power on the southern fringes of this region, in an uneasy struggle with Muttu Krishnappa Nayaka of Senji. (p.251)

There is another sequel to this story: the Damarla clan, sometime rival of the Velugoti people, but also intermarried with the latter, came to claim the mantle of Yacama's succession. Thus Damarla Vengalabhupala dedicated his long poem, Bahuliśvacaritra, to Yacama, who is praised at length in the introductory portions... This attempt to capitalize on the prestige of an illustrious brother-in-law accompanied, and partly legitimated, the Damarla rise to regional prominence on the ground and at the Aravidu court. In certain ways, the Damarla clan roughly recapitulates the Velugoti sequence at a later point in time (the 1630s and 1640s)-gradual expansion and consolidation, intervention in court politics at the (fast diminishing) centre, and then sudden reversal and loss of power, partly as a result of the last Aravidu ruler's perception of a threat arising from this very ally.(p.257)

-- Kautilya3 (talk) 21:22, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rao, Velcheru Narayana; Shulman, David Dean; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (1992), Symbols of Substance: Court and state in Nāyaka Period Tamilnadu, Oxford University Press

Nayaka, Nayak, Nayakudu, Nayakkar

Kalahasti is a Telugu-speaking region and Vandavasi is a Tamil-speaking region. According to the language, the last names are written as "Nayakudu" (or sometimes "Nayudu") or "Nayakkar".

However, "Nayaka" is the form used in the reliable sources (see the Bibliography) and has the advantage of being neutral between the vernacular languages. So, we should stick to it. I will shortly be moving the page to Nayakas of Kalahasti in accordance with the WP:RS.

The shortened "Nayak" is the Hindi/Urdu form, which is not current in the region. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:46, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Rao, Velcheru Narayana; Shulman, David Dean; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (1992), Symbols of Substance: Court and state in Nāyaka Period Tamilnadu, Oxford University Press

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