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Paṇḍitārādhya Caritra

poem by Pālkuriki Sōmanātha
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The Paṇḍitārādhya Caritra is a 13th-century Telugu poem by Pālakuriki Somanātha. This work is a biography of the Śaiva devotee Paṇḍitārādhya and also serves as a compendium of general knowledge, covering topics such as social customs, arts, crafts, and particularly music. Somanātha also composed the Basavapurāṇam using popular meters and idiomatic Telugu, and his Vṛṣādhipa Śataka featured verses in multiple languages including Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, and Telugu. These works are significant in the development of Telugu literature and the Śaiva tradition.1

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

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