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beginning of the 13th century. This is not a true translation of Vālmīki Rāmāyuna and corresponds in many places with Ranganatha Rāmāyana.
(2) Errā Pregada Ramāyana. This is the first attempt of an exact translation in verge which however is not available now and is only known through the quotations from Lakshana Granthas. The date of the work is about 1310 A. D.
(3) Koravi Satyanarana alias Bhīmana. Koravi Göparāju the brother's son of Bhimanna states that Satyanarana wrote a Ramayana in verse, but it has not also come to light. This may be a later contemperaneous work, with the above.
(4) Sakalavarnana Purna Ramāyanāmu. By Chitrakavi Ananthakavi (not available.)
(5) Rāmābhyudayamu. Ayyalarājıı Ramabhadra Kavi wrote the story of Rama as a Kavya in 8 cantos, and the style is greatly admired.
It may not be out of place to state here that there are only two more Dwipada Kavyas in Telugu after Varadarāju, One by Bhösala Ekoji[1] who ruled at
- ↑ I. Vide catalogue of Telugu books Tanjore library page 191. It is wrongly stated in the catalogue that the Ekoji is the half-brother of the famous Shivaji and ruled at Tanjore from 1676-1683. I have corrected this mistake 15 years back and stated that the author of this Ramayana is Ekoji II, the son of Tuljaji, and not Ekoji I as can be known from a study of the introduction of the work. This author Ekoji known as Bava Sahib ruled from 1735-36 and hence should not be confounded with the first ruler of Tanjore - Vide My Telugu article on Tanjore Maharatta Princes and Telugu literature - Chandrika (now defunct)
