Question

Which of the following prabandham was written by Nandi Timmana?
A. Amuktamalyada
B. Parijatapaharanam
C. Usha Parinayam
D. Manu Charitra

Answer 1

Hint: The prabandham written by Nandi Timmana was a collection of soft romantic poems written in Telugu. The poem is about a love fight or quarrel between Rukmini, Krishna, and Satyabhama.

Complete answer: One of the Astadiggajas, a title given to eight prominent scholars, in the court of Krishnadevaraya, the emperor of the Vijayanagar empire, Nandi Timmana was a Telugu poet. Mukku Thimmana was also a name given to him.
It is said that Nandi Timmana was from Anantapur. In a subkingdom of the Vijayanagara empire, he used to live, Tirumala Devi had the authority over the subkingdom, she was the senior wife of Krishnadevaraya.
One of his major works was Parijatapaharanam, a collection of soft romantic poems written in Telugu. The poem is about a love fight or quarrel between Rukmini, Krishna, and Satyabhama.
While talking about the other options,
A. Krishnadevaraya, the Vijayanagar Emperor in the early 1$6^{th}$ century composed a Tamil poem Amuktamalyada. The poem talks about a wedding story of Goda Devi and Lord Ranganayaka. This work is considered a masterpiece.
C. Vedam Venkataraya Sastry, a Sanskrit and Telugu poet, wrote a play in 1901, Usha Parinayam which means the marriage of Usha.
D. Manu Charitra is a Telugu TV programme in which a religious leader talks about the verses of the Bhagavad Gita and guides the disciples or devotees to follow a good life.
Thus the correct option is B.

Note: Nandi Timmana liked doing experiments with the poems. Chitra Kavita or magical poems is one of the examples of his experiment. Chitra Kavita meant that the lines of the poem can be read from either direction.