Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu (

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: అయ్యలరాజు రామభద్రుడు), shortly Ramabhadra (16th century, CE) was a famous

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and was one among the '' Astadiggajas'', which was the title of the group of eight poets in the

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of King

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, a ruler of the

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Biography

According to Kavali Venkata Ramaswamy, he was a native of the Ceded districts. His birthplace is widely considered as

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. He was patronised by

originally and later moved to the court of Gobburi Narasaraya, nephew of

Aliya Rama Raya Rama Raya (died 23 January 1565 CE), known as "Aliya" (son-in-law in Kannada) was a statesman of the Vijayanagara Empire, the son-in-law of Emperor Krishna Deva Raya and the progenitor of the Aravidu dynasty of Vijayanagar Empire, the fourth and ...

, after the death of Krishnadevaraya. He was also known as ''Pillala Ramabhadrudu''.

Works

His famous work was ''Ramabhyudayamu'' and he dedicated the work to Narasaraya. At the request of

, he translated a work of the king into Telugu as ''Sakala Katha Sara Sangraham''.

References

Ayyalaraju Ramabhadhrudu
* K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002)

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