Madayyagari Mallana
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Mallana (15th, CE) was a Telugu poet and one of the Astadiggajas(literally means eight elephants) in the court of the king Krishnadevaraya.
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[edit] Biography
He referred that his birth place was part of Rayalaseema(means land ruled by Rayas, Vijayanagara kings) in his works. He accomanied Krishnadevaraya in his miltary travels. He dedicated his work to Nadendla Appana(populary known as Appaji), the governor of Kondavidu and nephew of a Minister called Saluava Timmana in Vijayanagara Empire.
[edit] Works
His popular work is Rajasekar Charitram on militray and romantics conquests of Rajasekara, a king of Avanti.
[edit] Style
Like other poets of Prabhanda(fiction) period, his story seems completely original and there is no Sanskrit equivalent to it. Campared to his contemporaries, he is restraint in presenting romance.
[edit] References
- Prabhnada Telugu literatire
- K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002) ISBN 0-19-560686-8
- Golden age of Telugu Literature
- Literary activity in Vijayanagara Empire
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