Ashtadiggajas

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Ashtadiggajas were the legendary group of eight eminent Telugu poets who adorned the court of the Vijayanagara emperor Sri Krishnadevaraya and helped usher in a golden age of Telugu literature.

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Ashtadiggajas canonical 8
Ashta Diggajas 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Telugu literary group
group of poets
literary circle
approximateEnd c. 1529 CE
approximateStart c. 1509 CE
associatedDynasty Tuluva dynasty
surface form: Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagara
associatedWith Sri Krishnadevaraya
Vijayanagara Empire
surface form: Vijayanagara court
contributedTo codification of Telugu poetic conventions
development of classical Telugu vocabulary
country Vijayanagara Empire
court royal court of Sri Krishnadevaraya
surface form: Vijayanagara imperial court
courtLanguage Telugu
culturalContext Dravidian literature
surface form: South Indian literature

Telugu literature
era Krishnadevaraya reign
etymology name refers to eight elephants of the directions in Hindu mythology
flourishedUnder Sri Krishnadevaraya
genre poetry
hasMember Allasani Peddana
Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu
Dhurjati
Madayyagari Mallana
Nandi Thimmana
Pingali Surana
Ramarajabhushanudu
Tenali Ramakrishna
historicalStatus semi-legendary group
honorificTitleGivenBy Telugu literary tradition
influenced classical Telugu style
later Telugu poets
knownFor court poetry
prabandha literature
language Telugu
literaryTradition Prabandha tradition in Telugu
locatedIn Vijayanagara Empire
surface form: Vijayanagara
memberOf court of Krishnadevaraya
mythologicalReference Dikpalas
surface form: Ashta Dikpalakas (guardians of eight directions)
numberOfMembers 8
patron Sri Krishnadevaraya
Tuluva dynasty
region Andhra-Telangana cultural region
religiousContext Hindu cultural milieu
role court poets
royal panegyrists
significance ushered in golden age of Telugu literature
timePeriod early 16th century

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Sri Krishnadevaraya associatedWith Ashtadiggajas
Tenali Ramakrishna memberOf Ashtadiggajas
Tuluva dynasty associatedWith Ashtadiggajas
this entity surface form: Ashta Diggajas
Ramarajabhushanudu memberOf Ashtadiggajas
Allasani Peddana memberOf Ashtadiggajas
Nandi Thimmana memberOf Ashtadiggajas
Nandi Thimmana associatedWith Ashtadiggajas
Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu memberOf Ashtadiggajas
Dhurjati partOf Ashtadiggajas