Literary works under Vijayanagara Rose Thomas Assistant Professor

Literary works under Vijayanagara Rose Thomas Assistant Professor Department of History St. Mary’s College Thrissur-680020 Kerala

Introduction v. The Vijayanagar rulers patronised Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada poets v. Golden epoch during the reign of the Vijayanagar ruler Krishnadeva Raya (1509 -1529). Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

Features v. Prabandha style 1. this era was called as the prabandhayugam. 2. A prabandham can be of three types, viz. , prakhyatam, utpadyam, misramam (famous story, purely fictional story, mixed story). 3. Prabandhams of this period were written in all the three genres. v. Champu or Chapu-Kavya style 1. It is a genre of literary composition. 2. The word 'Champu' means a combination of poetry and prose. A champu-kavya consists of a mixture of prose (Gadya-Kavya) and poetry passages (Padya-Kavya), with verses interspersed among prose. 3. Andhra Mahabharatam, produced around the 11 th century Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

Kannada literature v. The development of Kannada literature was mainly confined to the Tuluva country. v. It is primarily enriched by the Jain writers. v. Gobbi Mallanarya and Sarvagna murthi were the two well known kannada poets of the age. v. Kallarasa wrote Mallikarjuna Janavasya Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College or Mallikarjuna Vijaya or

Works in Sanskrit Author Works in sanskrit Ganga Devi (the wife of Kampa) Kamparaja Vijayam Narahari a disciple of Vidyaranya commented upon the Kayya-prakasa and wrote the Naishadha-dipika Lakshmana pandita Vaidyaraja vallabha. It was Under the patronage of Bukka II, Lakshmana pandita wrote this medical work Akshobhyatirtha Jaya tirha. Madhava Tattvasara Samgraha Dvaita tradition defeated Vidyaranya in dispute when Vedanta Desika was the arbitrator Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College Significance

Author Works in sanskrit Vidyaranya Vyavahara Madhaviya, Vivarana Prameya Samgraha, Brahma Vidasirvada Paddhati, Kovanmikti Viveka, Manu Smriti Vyakhya, Panchadasi, Kalamadhaviya, Ayurvedanindana, Samkara Vijaya, Kalanirvanaya Sayana Madhava son of Sayana Significance Dhatu-vriti, Subhashita, Sudhanidhi, Purusharta Sudhanidhi, Ayurveda Sudhanidhi, commentary on the vedas, commentaries on the Satapatha and Taitteraya, Alamkara Sudhanidhi, Prayaschi Sudhanidhi, Yagna Tantra Sudhanidhi. Sarvadarsana Sangraha Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College composed in the time of Jayatirta.

Works under krishnadevaraya v. His court was adorned with eight poets known popularly as Ashtadiggajas‘ v. The sixteenth century has been generally acclaimed as the golden age of telugu classical literature. works Poems (sanskrit ) Madalasa caritra, Satyavadhu parinayam, Jnanacintamani, Rasamanjari, Sakalakatha sara samgraha, Suktinaipuni Jnanachintamani drama Jambavati Parinaya Amuktamalyada in Telugu in the introduction of which he refers to five Sanskrit works written by him Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

Telugu literature v. Vemulavada. Bhimakavi - composed Kavijanasraya which deals with Telugu grammar. v. Ketana 1. Andhra-Bhasha-Bhushana is important work on grammar. 2. His Dasakumaracharita is a translation of Dandin's work, earning for him the title 'Abhinava. Dandin'. 3. He also rendered the Telugu translation of Vijnanesvara's Mitakshara. v Baddena 1. Nitishastra-Muktavali, a treatise on Politics. v. Eleganti. Peddana translated the Lilavati of Bhaskara under the name Prakirna. Ganita. Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

Telugu literature (continues. . . ) v. Srinatha's Srinagara-Naishadha is Harsha's Naishadhakavya. the translation of Sri v. Somanatha 1. is the author of Uttara Harivamsa which he dedicated to god Hariharanatha. 2. He also wrote Vasanta Vilasa and Haravilasa vthe fall of Vijayanagar, standards in Telugu literary production began to deteriorate. Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

Ashtadiggajas 1. Allasani. Peddana v most important among the'ashtadiggajas' v his chief work was 'Swarochisha. Manucharita', which deals with an episode from the Markandeya. Purana. v The emperor Krishnadeva Raya is said to have great admiration 2. Nandi Timma vcomposed the well known work 'Parijatapaharanamu' v This composition deals with theme of Krishna getting the divine parijata flower from Lord Indra's garden for his wife Satyabhama. v. The poet dedicated this work to Krishnadeva Raya. Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

Ashtadiggajas(continues. . . ) 3. Dhurjati v. He composed the 'Kalabasti. Mahatmyam' and the 'Kalahastislarara. Shatakam' in praise of Lord Siva of Kalahasti (Andhra Pradesh) as he was a great devotee of this deity. 4. Pingali. Suranna v. Authored 'Raghavapatidariyafatt'. This work is considered to be one of the five mahakavyas of Telugu literature. v. He also got the patronage of the chief of Nandyala known as Krishna Raja. 5. Ramaraja. Bhushana vornament of Ramaraja's court v. Wrote Vasucharitra Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

Ashtadiggajas(continues. . . ) Tenali Ramakrishna vwas more known as Tenali Rama. v. He is still remembered for his humour and wit v. He wrote Udbhata-radhya. Charitran v He was dedicated to the governor of Kondavidu during Krishnadeva Raya's time. v‘Panduranga. Matatmyamu' was a poem written by him and it was regarded as one of the great literary beauty. 7. Ayyalaraju. Ramabhadriah, v who composed the 'Ramabhudavaw', ' 8. 'Vasucharitramu' Historical works under Vijayanagara, Rose Thomas, St. Mary’s College

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