Back দ্বিতীয় দেব রায় Bengali/Bangla देव राय द्वितीय Hindi Deva Raya II Italian デーヴァ・ラーヤ2世 Japanese 2ನೇ ದೇವ ರಾಯ Kannada ਦੇਵ ਰਾਏ ੨ Punjabi Dewaraja II Polish Деварайя II Сангама Russian இரண்டாம் தேவ ராயன் Tamil రెండవ దేవ రాయలు Tegulu
| Deva Raya II | |
|---|---|
 bronze Pagoda of Deva Raya II | |
| Vijayanagara Emperor | |
| Reign | 10 February 1423 – May 1446[1] |
| Predecessor | Bukka Raya III |
| Successor | Deva Raya III |
| Born | Vijayanagar, Vijayanagara Empire (modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 1456 CE Vijayanagar, Vijayanagara Empire (modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India) |
| Issue | Deva Raya III |
| House | Sangama |
| Father | Bukka Raya III |
| Mother | unknown |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Vijayanagara Empire |
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| Ruling dynasties |
Deva Raya II (r. 1422–1446 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire. The greatest of the Sangama dynasty rulers,[2] he was an able administrator, warrior, and scholar. He authored well-known works in the Kannada language (Sobagina Sone and Amaruka) and in the Sanskrit language (Mahanataka Sudhanidhi).[3][4] He was patron to some of the most noted Kannada poets of the medieval period, including Chamarasa and Kumara Vyasa,[5][6] the Sanskrit poet Gunda Dimdima, and the noted Telugu language poet Srinatha, whom the king honored with the title Kavisarvabhauma ("Emperor among poets").[7] He supported development in secular literature as well as the noted South Indian mathematician Parameshvara, from the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics lived in his empire.[8]
According to the historian Sastri, Deva Raya II had the title Gajabeteegara, which literally means "Hunter of elephants", an honorific that explained his addiction to hunting elephants or a metaphor referring to his victories against enemies who were "as strong as elephants".[9] Despite some reversals, Deva Raya II extended and held territories up to the Krishna river. According to an account of the visiting Persian chronicler Abdur Razzak, Deva Raya II's empire extended from Ceylon to Gulbarga, and Orissa to the Malabar. According to the historians Chopra, Ravindran and Subrahmaniyan, the king maintained a fleet of ships which helped him in his overseas connections. From the account of the contemporary European explorer Nicolo Conti, the king levied tribute on Ceylon, Quilon, Pegu, Pulicat and Tenasserim.[10][11]
- ^ Lakshmi, Kumari Jhansi (1958). THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SANGAMA DYNASTY.
- ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 103–106. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
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- ^ Sastri (1955), pp.363-364
- ^ Rice E.P. (1921), p.68, p.70
- ^ Kamath (1980), p.163
- ^ David Edwin Pingree (1981). Census of the exact sciences in Sanskrit. A. Vol. 4. American Philosophical Society. pp. 187–192. ISBN 978-0-87169-213-9.
- ^ Sastri (1955), p.244
- ^ Chopra, Ravindran and Subrahmanian (2003), p.32
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