Tenali Rama

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court jester folk hero historical figure humorist poet scholar

Tenali Rama was a legendary 16th-century poet, scholar, and jester in the court of Vijayanagara king Krishnadevaraya, famed in Indian folklore for his wit, intelligence, and humorous tales.

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Label	Occurrences
Tenali Rama canonical	1
Tenali Rama stories	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court jester ⓘ folk hero ⓘ historical figure ⓘ humorist ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ
appearsIn	Indian folk tales ⓘ children's stories ⓘ
associatedWith	Krishnadevaraya NERFINISHED ⓘ South India NERFINISHED ⓘ Telugu literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryActive	16th century ⓘ
country	Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
court	court of Krishnadevaraya NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Indian folklore ⓘ
employedBy	Krishnadevaraya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	court anecdotes ⓘ didactic tales ⓘ humor ⓘ
hasTheme	criticizing greed ⓘ humbling the arrogant ⓘ justice through wit ⓘ rewarding honesty ⓘ
influenced	later Indian humor literature ⓘ
knownFor	clever problem solving ⓘ humorous tales ⓘ intelligence ⓘ moral stories ⓘ wit ⓘ
language	Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryTradition	Telugu literary tradition ⓘ
nameVariant	Tenali Ramakrishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenali Raman NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Indian ⓘ
occupation	advisor ⓘ jester ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenali NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
roleInFolklore	trickster figure ⓘ wise jester ⓘ
servedAs	court jester ⓘ court poet ⓘ
subjectOf	numerous story collections ⓘ television series "Tenali Rama" ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tenali Ramakrishna → alternativeName → Tenali Rama ⓘ

Akbar–Birbal folklore cycle → relatedTo → Tenali Rama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenali Rama stories