The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c31.83

v1.c31.83

In the petty state of Gandikota we find another poet named Pingali Surana. He was one of the poets of Nandyala Krishnaraja, to whom the work *Kalapurnodayamu* is dedicated. Krishnaraja’s successor, Nandyala Timmaya, who as an inscription of 1544 shows ⁷, was likewise a patron of learned men, also patronized this poet, the author of the *Raghavapandaviya*, the *Garudapurana* and several other works. Mr. Subramiah Pantulu thinks that Pingali Surana ‘is by far the best of mediaeval poets’ ⁸.