Biographical Sketches of Dekkan Poets/Basava Kavi

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BASAVA KAVI.

This poet was a disciple of Sri Rama, and was an inhabitant of the country, near the Kristna River; by constantly reading the Ramayana he imbibed a taste for poetry. He translated the Ramayana from Sanscrit, into Telugu which work was held in high estimation.