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Namisadhu. Hemachandra was his eomtemporary. His-Dutangada, a dramatic piece of a single act'describes in a graphic form the embassy of Angada for negotiation with Ravana. Some of the verses breathe enthusiasm and the speeches are aptly curt and pointed.
Rudradeva was of the royal race of Warrangal and flourished between 1294 and 1325 A. D. He was a great poet and rhetorician. His Yayaticharila, a drama m seven acts, relates the intrigue of Yayati with Sarmishtha terminating m his union with her and his reconciliation with Queen Devayani. |
Visvanatha lived at Warrangal under the patronage of PratapaRudraDeva (i394-'3*S A. D.) He appears to have flourished at the beginning of the I4th century. Left as an orphan while yet a child, he was educated by his uncle Agastya whose name among the learned of the day^was ore. ;Ly Called; upon to entertain an assembly ofFjodi*at the Warr^gal durbar, he wrote his SaugandMaharanam. Occupying but a short interval, the dramatic piece has only one continued scene, forming a long vehement altercation between Bhima and Hanuman. The plot is based on the story of the Mahabharata, wherein Draupadi, enamoured of the beauty of the-flower brought by a Gandharva, requests Bbim» to fetch some more when the inwgnito brothers were about to come to blows: Kubsra intercedes and squares up the feud by explanation and by a direct presentation of a cluster of flowers to Yudhistira.Tbe speeches are throughout very vigorous and insinuating. The language'has traces^ of the Panchali style. It must have most aptly succeeded in its end especially in an assembly pf the learned oHhe-time.-. Trie lines are natural and the lack of effort, characteristic of that late date, is a rare qualification. The drama however has for centuries had a high appreciation among the pandit classes*atiparinaya is a drama of five acts, describing the* f