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{{Short description|Indian poet and Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court}}
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Mahakavi '''Dhurjati''' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]]: దూర్జటి; c. 15th and 16th centuries [[Common Era|CE]]) was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] [[poet]] and an [[Ashtadiggajas|Ashtadiggaja]] in the [[noble court|imperial court]] of the [[Krishnadevaraya|Emperor Krishnadevaraya]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]].

==Biography==
Dhurjati was born in [[Srikalahasti]]. In his works, Dhurjati referred to his birthplace as being a part of ''Pottapi Nadu'' in reference to a [[Telugu Chodas|Telugu Chola Kingdom]] based at Pottapi in [[Cuddapah]]. He was the son of Singamma and Narayana and grandson of Jakkayya.

He was a devotee of [[Shiva]].

He was known as ''Pedda Dhurjati'' ({{Lit|the Elder Dhurjati}}) as there were four other people from the same family line who went by the name of Dhurjati during the same period and after him. His grandson ''Venkataraya Dhurjati'' wrote ''Indumati Parinayam'' ({{Lit|the marriage of Indumati}}), a story from [[Kalidasa]]'s ''[[Raghuvamsa]]''.

==Works==
The works of Dhurjati dedicated to [[Shiva]], referred to as the ''Srikalahastiswara'' ({{lit|the [[Ishvara|lord]] of [[Srikalahasti]]}}). His famous works include the ''[[Sri Kalahasteeshwara Mahatyam]]'' ({{Lit|The glory of the [[Shiva|Lord of Srikalahasti]]}}) and ''[[Kalahastisvara Satakamu]]'' ({{Lit|Over a hundred poems in the praise of the [[Shiva|Lord of Srikalahasti]]}}).

He is also credited with many [[Chatuva|chatuvus]], stand-alone extempore poems.

==Style==
Like his contemporaries during the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]'s [[Telugu literature|Prabandha]] period, he has taken themes from the [[Puranas]] and added regional lore to them in his works. Unlike some of his contemporaries like Peddana and Mallana, who have chosen the stories of monarchs for their works, he choose faith as the central theme of his poetry.

[[Krishnadevaraya]] described his poetry with ''"Stutimati yaina Andhrakavi Dhurjati palkulakelagalgeno atulita madhuri mahima...."'' ({{Lit|How is Dhurjati's poetry so immeasurably beautiful}}).<ref>[http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/09/Telugu/Poetry/6%20Cheladi%20Purugu.pdf Dhurajti] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410074949/http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/09/Telugu/Poetry/6%20Cheladi%20Purugu.pdf |date=2009-04-10 }}</ref>

==References==
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=== Bibliography ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070522062501/http://www.inca.engr.mun.ca/~adluri/telugu/classical/prabandha/dhurjati/dhurjati.html Dhurjati]
* [http://telugubhakti.com/telugupages/Monthly/Satakalu/Satakalu.htm Sri Kalhasteeswara Sathakam PDF Download]
* 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}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070207182515/http://www.tlca.com/youth/golden-age.html Golden age of Telugu Literature]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012045138/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/states/history/historyofkarnataka47.htm Literary activity in Vijayanagara Empire]
* Sree Kaalahasti Maahaathyamu, Mahaakavi Dhoorjati, EMESCO BOOKS- Sampradaaya Saahiti - A low price edition, with Viswanatha Satyanarayana's introduction, 2006.

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