Sunday, 25 February 2024

SANSKRIT IN THE VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE Part III


          It is to be noted that in the 14th A.D., a poet named Lolambaraja was patronized by Haaihara I, composed a court epic titled HariVilasa in 5 cantos which describes the story of the Lord Krishna.

After the period Harihara I and Bukka I, the king Kampana, the second son of Bukka I was the Emperor of Vijayanagar in 1343 to 1379 A.D.  His wife the Queen GangaDevi was credited with the authorship of a poem MathuraVijayam also called ViraKampa-RayaCaritam with 7 cantos.  Kampana’s expedition to the South India and his slaying the ruler of Madurai are vividly described in this work.

        Later, in the beginning of the 16th Century A.D., the poetess named Tirumalamba, the wife and 

Queen of AcyutaRaya of Vijayanagar, composed a Campu-Kavya titled Varadambika      

Parinaya   Campu.  In this, she described her husband’s marriage with a princess Varadambika.  

This campu is written in fine and attractive style and rarely exhibits the skill of the authoress in the 

use of figurative device called Bhangaslesha.

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