As with the final "a" in "Vijayanagara," so with the final "u" in
such names as "Kondavidu" -- it has been dropped in order to avoid
an appearance of pedantry; and I have preferred the more common
"Rajahmundry" to the more correct "Rajamahendri," "Trichinopoly" to
"Tiruchhinapalle," and so on.

This system may not be very scientific, but I trust it will prove
not unacceptable.

* * *

The name of the capital is spelt in many different ways by the
chroniclers and travellers. The usual Portuguese spelling was
"Bisnaga;" but we have also the forms "Bicheneger" (NIKITIN),
"Bidjanagar" (ABDUR RAZZAK), "Bizenegalia" (CONTI), "Bisnagar,"
"Beejanuggur," &c.












A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar