The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c31.31

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Ranga I also was a patron of poets. His court poet was Rayasam Venkatapati, an officer of his court, who wrote the Telugu poem *Lakshmivilasam*⁴. Another of his ministers, named Rayasa Ahobala, wrote a Sanskrit drama entitled *Kuvalaya Vilasa*⁵; while Bhattakalanka wrote the *Sara-traya* at the request of the same King⁶.