Peram Raju Jakkana is a famous
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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poet in the early 15th century (1450). He was born to Akkamamba and Annayamathyulu in a
Niyogi
Niyogi Brahmin is a Telugu Brahmin subcaste native to the Indian States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but are spread throughout South India and Maharashtra. The traditional occupations of the Niyogi Brahmins are settled cultivation and pr ...
Brahmin family. He served as a poet in the court of Proudha Devarayalu. His famous work is ''Vikramarka Charithramu'', which he dedicated to Vennelakanti Sidhanamatya, the minister of treasury in the court of Proudha Devarayalu. This work describes the legend of
Vikramaditya, the king of
Ujjain
Ujjain (, Hindustani language, Hindustani pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Prad ...
.
Jakkana is a contemporary of
Srinatha
Srinatha ( – 1441) was a well-known 15th-century Telugu poet who popularised the Prabandha style of composition.
Biography
Srinatha was born in Telugu Niyogi Brahmin family in Kalapatam village on Gudur Mandal in Krishna district to parents ...
and
Pothana.
His work
Vikramarka Charitramu Vikramarka may refer to:
*Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (born 1961), Indian politician
*''Bhatti Vikramarka
Bhatti Vikramarka () is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckling adventure film, produced by P. V. V. Satyanarayana Murthy under the P. ...
was published in 1913 by
Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons
Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons (Telugu: వావిళ్ల రామస్వామి శాస్త్రులు అండ్ సన్స్) is a 150-year-old Indian publishing house.
It was started by Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu i ...
, Madras. It was published in 1968 by Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, Hyderabad.
References
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Telugu poets
Hindu poets
15th-century Indian poets
Indian male poets