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Timmarusu
Vijayanagaran prime minister and military commander
For the 1962 Indian film, see Mahamantri Timmarusu (film).
Saluva Timmarusu (also known as Saluva Nayaka or Timmarasu; 31 December 1461 – 1534) was the prime minister (mahapradhana) and military commander of Krishnadevaraya.
He is also known as "Appaji".
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He had also served as the prime minister under Viranarasimha Raya and Tuluva Narasa Nayaka.
Name
Inscriptions mention him as Saluva Timma, Timma Rajah, Timayya and Timmarasa.[1] Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes calls Timmarasa as "Temersea" who was Saluva Timma, Krishna Deva’s minister.
The termination -rsea probably represents Arasa, the Kannada form for Rajah. Temersea = Timmarasa = Timma Rajah.[2]
Early life
Burton Stein in The New Cambridge History of India states Timmarusu as belonging to a Telugu-speaking Niyogi Brahmin family.[3] Another source mentions him as belonging to Kannada-speaking family.[4] He