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104 A HISTORY OF TELUGU LITERATURE Sankusala Nrisimhakavi, 1 whom she was instrumental in introducing to her father. 5. Muddupalani (1765- ), a . courtesan attached to the court of Pratapasinha, of Tanjore, composed in flowing, felicitous rhymes a kavya, Radhikd Svantam, also known as Eladevlya. This work, like others of the Southern school, is marred by bad taste and utter lack of decency. 6. Tarikonda Venkamma (1839- ) composed many kavyas, of which Bhagavata in dvipada, Raja Yogasdra and Venkatdchala Mahdtya are important. Her poems, full of elevated sentiments, are an eloquent protest against the debased literary tastes of the day. 7. Subhadramma (1781- ) wrote some satakas and dandakas, of which Kesava Sataka and Krishna Sataka may be mentioned. 8. We find another group of women poets in the nineteenth century : Bandi Bapamma (1850- ), wrote Mindkshl Sataka. Ratnamba (1870 ?- ), wrote Venkatardmana Sataka. Chelikani Chellayama (1900- ), wrote Parthasarathi Sataka, Janaki Sataka. 1 See above, p. 76.
XI CHRISTIAN AND MUHAMMADAN POETS Christian Poets WE have two poets, belonging to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries A.D., respectively, who have written kavyas on ^Christian subjects Pingali Erranarya, and Mangalagiri Anandakavi. Both of them were Brahmins the former attached to a Reddy family, and the latter to a Brahmin family of affluence. Though it is doubtful whether they were formal members of the Christian Church, it is probable that they were followers of Christ from within the Hindu community. Pingali Ellanaryudu (1602) is the author of Tobhya Charitra, otherwise known as Sarvesvara Mahdtya. He informs the reader that through the grace of his guru, Sarabha Naradhya, he learned the eightfold composition. In an introductory stanza he mentions the important Saivite saints and poets to whom he offers the customary praises. The book was written at the instance of Thumma Rayapa Reddi, a petty prince of Baktavada, in Kondavidu. In the prologue further details are given as to the circumstances under which he composed the kavya. Obala Reddi, father of Konda Reddi, received orally from his acharya, Sanjivanadha Swami, an account of the life of Saint Thomas, which was subsequently reduced to writing. This appears to be the basis for the poet's kavya. Mangalagiri Anandakavi (1750),. About the middle of the eighteenth century, this poet wrote Veddnta Rasdyana and Anuruddha Charitra. Veddnta Rasdyana is a kavya in four cantos dedicated to Nidimamilla Dasayamatya, a member of an influential family which has adopted the
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Ill THE LIFE OF A POET THE poet in
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