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Pālkuriki Sōmanātha

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Pālakuri Somanātha was a 13th-century Telugu poet and composer. He is known for his devotional works in the Basavapurāṇam and Paṇḍitārādhya Caritra, which employed popular meters and idiomatic Telugu. His Viṛśādhipa Śataka is notable for being written in multiple languages, including Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, and Telugu, and is considered an early example of śataka literature. Somanātha's work contributed to the tradition of regional language literature, often drawing from or reinterpreting Sanskrit epics and religious texts.1

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  1. South Asian arts - Period of the Tamil Cōḷa Empire (10th–13th century)
  2. Purandaradasa

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