Madayyagari Mallana

Mallana (Telugu:మల్లన) (15th, CE) was a Telugu poet and one of the "Astadiggajas"(literally means eight elephants) in the court of the king Krishnadevaraya.

Biography

He referred that his birth place was part of Rayalaseema(means land ruled by Rayas, Vijayanagara kings) in his works. He accompanied Krishnadevaraya in his military travels. He dedicated his work to Nadendla Appana (popularly known as Appaji), the governor of Kondavidu and nephew of a Minister called Saluava Timmana in Vijayanagara Empire.

Works

His popular work is "Rajasekara Charitram" on militray and romantics conquests of Rajasekara, a king of Avanti.

tyle

Like other poets of Prabhanda(fiction) period, his story seems completely original and there is no Sanskrit equivalent to it. Campared to his contemporaries, he is restraint in presenting romance.

References

* [http://www.inca.engr.mun.ca/~adluri/telugu/classical/prabandha/ashtadiggajalu1.html Prabhnada Telugu literatire]
* K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002) ISBN 0-19-560686-8
* [http://www.tlca.com/youth/golden-age.html Golden age of Telugu Literature]
* [http://www.ourkarnataka.com/states/history/historyofkarnataka47.htm Literary activity in Vijayanagara Empire]