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    Kavyamu, and it was the Ashtadiggajas who gave Prabandha its present form. Most Ashtadiggajas were from Rayalaseema. The Ashtadiggajas Allasani Peddana, Dhurjati...
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    elephants that stand beside the Ashtadiggajas, referred to as the Ashtadikkarinis. There are a total of eight Ashtadiggajas and Ashtadikkarinis that stand...
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    Vijayanagara Empire. Hailing from Tenali, he earned acclaim as one of the Ashtadiggajas, a group of eight celebrated Telugu poets in Sri Krishnadevaraya's court...
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    were regarded as eight pillars of his literary assembly and known as Ashtadiggajas. Krishna Dev Raya himself composed an epic Telugu poem Amuktamalyada...
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  • the life of the legendary Telugu poet Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the Ashtadiggajas at the court of Vijayanagara emperor Krishnadevaraya (C.E. 1509–1529)...
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  • Telugu poet and a notable musician. He is considered to be one of the Ashtadiggajas. He was a poet in the court of Rama Raya, the son-in-law of emperor...
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  • elephants in Hindu mythology, foremost among whom is listed as one of the Ashtadiggajas, each representing the eight quarters of the universe. The Hindu epic...
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  • Ashtadiggajas Madayyagari Mallana, a member of Ashtadiggajas Dhurjati, a member of Ashtadiggajas Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas Pingali...
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  • నంది తిమ్మన; c. 15th and 16th centuries CE) was a Telugu poet and an Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara. He...
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    and 16th centuries CE) was a prominent Telugu poet and the foremost Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara. There...
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  • (Telugu: దూర్జటి; c. 15th and 16th centuries CE) was a Telugu poet and an Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court of the Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara...
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    Srirangam. In his court were eight famous scholars regarded as the pillars (Ashtadiggajas) of the literary assembly. The most famous among them were Allasani...
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  • Ashtadiggajas Madayyagari Mallana, a member of Ashtadiggajas Dhurjati, a member of Ashtadiggajas Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas Pingali...
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  • Simhāsanam, and the title 'Sribhāṣyāchārya'. Aṇṇan also served as one of the ashtadiggajas of Manavala Mamuni. Sri Venkateṣa Suprabhātam, Sri Venkateṣa Stotram...
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  • of Sri Krishnadevaraya focused on the political dynamics among the Ashtadiggajas, the eight renowned poets in his court. However, Srinivasa Rao decided...
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    this date.[citation needed] His eight famous disciples are known as Ashtadiggajas (elephants of the eight directions): Vanamamalai Jeeyar, Paravasthu...
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    veneration by all the assembled deities. The goddess Ganga, as well as the Ashtadiggajas, the elephants of the eight cardinal directions, bathed her, and the...
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    were commanded to find the horse. When the 60,000 sons circled the Ashtadiggajas and found the horse grazing near the sage, they made a great hubbub...
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    story), Utpadyam (fictional story), and Misramam (a mix of the two). Ashtadiggajas have written in all three of the Prabandham genres during the Prabandha...
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  • himself supported by the tortoise named Akupara, who is supported by the Ashtadiggajas, the eight celestial elephants that stand on the shell of Brahmanda...
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  • from the goddess Saraswati, throws a literary challenge to Bhoja's ashtadiggajas, asking them to complete his shloka with the answer. Bhoja recalls his...
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  • 16th century Telugu poet and scholar Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the Ashtadiggajas (a collective title given to the eight Telugu poets in the court of...
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  • 16th century Telugu poet and scholar Tenali Rama, who was one of the Ashtadiggajas (a collective title given to the eight Telugu poets in the court of...
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  • of poems composed in Telugu by Dhurjati, who has been described as an ashtadiggaja in the Vijayanagara court of Krishnadevaraya. The poems are dedicated...
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  • emperor, Krishnadevaraya; Tenali was recognised as one of the eight Ashtadiggajas. Known as the ‘Humorous Poet’, Tenali was noted to have high intelligence;...
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  • were commanded to find the horse. When the 60,000 sons circled the Ashtadiggajas and found the horse grazing near the sage, they made a great hubbub...
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  • Vadoola Kovil Kandhadai Annan Swami, whose descendants are one of the ashtadiggajas of the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya following the Thenkalaiacharya branch...
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  • was the first writer in Prabandha style and earlier than Srinatha and Ashtadiggajas. He had used mixture of Sanskrit and Telugu words. He was master of...
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    elephants were holding the earth in eight different directions. The title Ashtadiggajas celebrates this belief and hence the court was also called Bhuvana Vijayam...
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    Telugu Script Battle of Palanadu Miniature statue of Acharya Nagarjuna Ashtadiggajas with Sri Krishnadevraya Model of Lepakshi Nandi Galigopuram Model showing...
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