A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s4.24

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Dhūrjaṭi, a Śaiva poet from Kālahasti, evoked the admiration of Krishnadeva Rāya by his *Kālahasti Māhātmya* and a *Śataka* on the same shrine. His grandson, Kumāra Dhūrjaṭi, chronicled the conquests of the emperor in his *Krishnadēvarāya-vijaya*. Mādayyagari Mallana was another court poet of the time whose *Rājaśekharacarita* is dedicated to Nadendla Appa, a nephew of Sāluva Timma and governor of Kondavidu. The work is a typical Prabandha dealing with the wars and loves of Rājaśekhara, king of Avanti. Ayyalarāju Rāmabhadra, known as Pillala (of many children) Rāmabhadra, is believed to have gained the patronage of Krishnadeva Rāya by the good offices of Rāma Rāya Bhūshaṇa. He wrote the *Sakalakathāsāra-sangraha*, an abridgement of many purāṇic stories, at the instance of the emperor, and later the *Rāmābhyudayam*, on the story of Rāma, under the patronage of Gobbūri Narasarāju.