Prahlādacharitam (or Prahlādacharita) is a

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Kavya, written in ''

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'' style by the Sanskrit scholar ''Darsanakalanidhi'' Rama Varma Parikshith Thampuran (former

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). It is the story of Asura prince Prahlāda, who was a beloved devotee of

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and to save him Vishnu takes the

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