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'''Mallana''' (15th century) was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] [[poet]] and one of the ''[[Astadiggajas]]'' (literally means eight elephants) in the [[noble court|court]] of the [[monarch|king]] [[Krishnadevaraya]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He said that his birthplace 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 the [[Vijayanagara Empire]].<br />
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==Works==<br />
His popular work is ''Rajasekara Charitram'' on the military and romantic conquests of Rajasekara, a king of [[Avanti (India)|Avanti]].<br />
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== Style ==<br />
Like other poets of Prabhanda (fiction) period, his story seems completely original and there is no [[Sanskrit]] equivalent to it. Compared to his contemporaries, he is restrained in presenting romance.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070522022554/http://www.inca.engr.mun.ca/~adluri/telugu/classical/prabandha/ashtadiggajalu1.html Prabandha Telugu literature]<br />
* 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}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070207182515/http://www.tlca.com/youth/golden-age.html Golden age of Telugu Literature]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012045138/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/states/history/historyofkarnataka47.htm Literary activity in Vijayanagara Empire]<br />
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