The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c31.21

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4. We have already mentioned Tirumala as a patron of Battu Murti. He was indeed a lover of learning. It would seem he was a poet himself; this the title of Bhoja, given him in the Krishnapuram plates, would imply ². He enjoyed the company of poets; once Tirumala asked those who were assembled at his court to compose verses describing him, ‘charging them at the same time to be true to nature and not to exaggerate’. It was then that Battu Murti compared the one-eyed King with Vishnu ³. He flattered Tirumala, though at the same time he was true to nature ⁴.