Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below. Statement 1: Krishnadevaraya, ruler of Vijaynagar wrote the treatise Amuktamalyada. Statement 2: Krishnadevaraya is also known by the name of Andhra Bhoj. Statement 3: Allasani Peddana, the poet laureate well versed in Sanskrit and Tamil, adorned his court.
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A. Statement 1 is true
B. Statement 2 is true
C. Both the statements 1 and 2 are true
D. All the three statements are true
Answer: Both the statements 1 and 2 are true
Option c is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is true- Krishnadevaraya wrote a Telugu treatise Amuktamalyada. Amuktamalyada, meaning "One who offered the garland after wearing it himself," is a renowned masterpiece. It narrates the legendary wedding of Ranganayaka, an avatar of Vishnu, and Andal, one of the poet-saints known as the Alvars, at Srirangam.
Statement 2 is true - Krishnadeva Raya was known by other names like 'Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana', 'Andhra Bhoja', and 'Mooru Rayara Ganda'.
Statement 3 is not true - Allasani Peddana, one of the Ashtadiggajas, was well versed in Telugu and Sanskrit, not Tamil.