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Mallana (Telugu:మల్లన) (15th, CE) was a Telugu poet and one of the Astadiggajas(literally means eight elephants) in the court of the king Krishnadevaraya.
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He referred that his birth place was part of Rayalaseema(means land ruled by Rayas, Vijayanagara kings) in his works. He accomanied Krishnadevaraya in his military travels. He dedicated his work to Nadendla Appana (popularly known as Appaji), the governor of Kondavidu and nephew of a Minister called Saluava Timmana in Vijayanagara Empire.
His popular work is Rajasekara Charitram on militray and romantics conquests of Rajasekara, a king of Avanti.
Like other poets of Prabhanda(fiction) period, his story seems completely original and there is no Sanskrit equivalent to it. Campared to his contemporaries, he is restraint in presenting romance.
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