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Ashtadiggajas, the Glossary

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Ashtadiggajas (Telugu: అష్టదిగ్గజులు) is the collective title given to the eight great Telugu scholars and poets in the court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya, who ruled the Vijayanagara Empire from 1509 until his death in 1529.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 36 relations: Akbar, Allasani Peddana, Andhra Pradesh, Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu, Chandragupta II, Dhurjati, Guntur district, Harishchandra, Hindus, History of South India, Kadapa, Kāvya, Krishnadevaraya, Madayyagari Mallana, Mahabharata, Nala, Nandi Thimmana, Navaratnas, Pandava, Pingali Suranna, Pothana, Puranas, Rama, Ramarajabhushanudu, Ramayana, Rayalaseema, Royal court, Sanskrit, Telugu language, Telugu literature, Telugu people, Tenali, Tenali Rama, Tikkana, Vijayanagara Empire, World Elephant.

  2. Art and culture of Vijayanagar Empire
  3. Telugu-language literature

Akbar

Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (–), popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.

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Allasani Peddana

Mahakavi Allasani Peddana (Telugu: అల్లసాని పెద్దన; c. 15th and 16th centuries CE) was a prominent Telugu poet and the foremost Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara. Ashtadiggajas and Allasani Peddana are Telugu poets.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.

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Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu

Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu:(Telugu: అయ్యలరాజు రామభద్రుడు), shortly Ramabhadra (16th century, CE) was a famous Telugu poet and was one among the Astadiggajas, which was the title of the group of eight poets in the court of King Krishnadevaraya, a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire. Ashtadiggajas and Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu are Telugu poets.

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Chandragupta II

Chandragupta II (r.c. 375-415), also known by his title Vikramaditya, as well as Chandragupta Vikramaditya, was the third ruler of the Gupta Empire in India.

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Dhurjati

Mahakavi Dhurjati (Telugu: దూర్జటి; c. 15th and 16th centuries CE) was a Telugu poet and an Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court of the Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara. Ashtadiggajas and Dhurjati are Telugu poets.

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Guntur district

Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Harishchandra

Harishchandra is a legendary king of the Solar dynasty, who appears in several legends in texts such as the Aitareya Brahmana, Mahabharata, the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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History of South India

The history of southern India covers a span of over four thousand years during which the region saw the rise and fall of a number of dynasties and empires.

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Kadapa

Kadapa is a city in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Kāvya

Kāvya (Devanagari: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá) refers to the Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets flourishing between c.200 BCE and 1200 CE.

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Krishnadevaraya

Krishnadevaraya (17 January 1471 — 17 October 1529) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning from 1509 to 1529.

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Madayyagari Mallana

Mallana (15th century) was a Telugu poet and one of the Astadiggajas (literally means eight elephants) in the court of the king Krishnadevaraya. Ashtadiggajas and Madayyagari Mallana are Telugu poets.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Nala

Nala is a character in the Vana Parva book of the Mahabharata.

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Nandi Thimmana

Mahakavi Nandi Thimmana (Telugu: నంది తిమ్మన; c. 15th and 16th centuries CE) was a Telugu poet and an Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara. Ashtadiggajas and Nandi Thimmana are Telugu poets.

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Nauratan/Navaratnas (Sanskrit dvigu nava-ratna) or Nauratan was a term applied to a group of nine extraordinary people in an emperor's court in India.

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Pandava

The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

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Pingali Suranna

Pingali Suranna (పింగళి సూరన్న) (16th century CE) was a Telugu poet and was one of the Astadiggajas. Ashtadiggajas and Pingali Suranna are Telugu poets.

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Pothana

Bammera Pothana (1450–1510) was a Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Srimad Bhaagavatam from Sanskrit to Telugu. Ashtadiggajas and Pothana are Telugu poets.

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Puranas

Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.

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Rama

Rama is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Ramarajabhushanudu

Ramarajabhushanudu (born Bhattu Murthi) was a Telugu poet and a notable musician. Ashtadiggajas and Ramarajabhushanudu are Telugu poets.

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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Rayalaseema

Rayalaseema (IAST: Rāyalasīma) is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Royal court

A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Telugu language

Telugu (తెలుగు|) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language.

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Telugu literature

Telugu literature is the body of works written in the Telugu language. Ashtadiggajas and Telugu literature are Telugu-language literature.

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Telugu people

Telugu people (తెలుగువారు|Teluguvāru), also called Andhras, are an ethno-linguistic group who speak the Telugu language and are native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry. Ashtadiggajas and Telugu people are Telugu-language literature.

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Tenali

Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Tenali Rama

Tenali Ramakrishna (born Garlapati Ramakrishna; also known as Tenali Ramalinga, and Tenali Rama; 22 September 1480–5 August 1528) (was a Telugu language poet, scholar, thinker and a special advisor in the court of the Vijayanagara king Krishnadevaraya, who ruled from 1509 to 1529 CE. He hailed from the village of Tenali and wrote poetry in Telugu. Ashtadiggajas and Tenali Rama are Telugu poets.

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Tikkana

Tikkana (or Tikkana Somayaji) (1205–1288) was a 13th century Telugu poet. Ashtadiggajas and Tikkana are Telugu poets.

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Vijayanagara Empire

The Vijayanagara Empire was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India.

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World Elephant

The Ashtadiggajas is a group of eight legendary elephants that appear in Hindu cosmology, serving as the guardians of the eight zones of the universe.

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See also

Art and culture of Vijayanagar Empire

Telugu-language literature

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtadiggajas

Also known as Ashta diggajas, Astadiggajalu, Astadiggajas, Bhuvana Vijayam.