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{{Short description|Telugu language poet and writer from southern India}}
{{distinguish|text=Tikkana's relative Bhaskaruni Ketana (c. 1200-1250) who translated ''Kadambari'' into Telugu.}}

'''Mulaghatika Ketana''' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]]: మూలఘటిక కేతన, c. 1220{{En dash}}1260)<ref name="GVS_1968"/> was a [[Telugu language]] poet and writer from southern India. He was a disciple of the poet [[Tikkana]], and wrote multiple works under Tikkana's sponsorship.<ref name="VNR_DS"/>

== Works ==

Ketana wrote the following works:

* ''Dasa-kumara-charitamu'' is a Telugu translation of [[Daṇḍi|Dandin]]'s ''[[Dashakumaracharita|Dasha-kumara-charita]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author=M. Srinivasachariar |title=History of Classical Sanskrit Literature |year=1989 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120802841 |page=463 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4dVRvVyHaiQC }}</ref><ref name="VNR_DS"/> Ketana assumed the title ''Abhinava Dandi'' ("the New Dandi"), and dedicated his work to Tikkana.<ref name="GVS_1968">{{cite book |author=G. V. Sitapati |title=History of Telugu Literature |year=1968 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location=New Delhi |oclc=1208069 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yokOAAAAYAAJ }}</ref>
* ''[[Vijnaneshvaramu]]'' or ''Vijnaneshvariyamu'' is a legal ''[[dharmashastra]]'' text based on ''[[Mitakshara]]'', [[Vijnaneshvara]]'s commentary on ''[[Yajnavalkya Smrti]]''. Like the other ''dharmashastra'' texts, Ketana adheres to the ''[[varna (Hinduism)|varna]]'' system, treating Brahmins and men favourably. He highlights the importance of [[Brahmin]]s in governance, and recommends that the rulers follow the advice of the Brahmins knowledgeable about the shastras.<ref>{{cite book |author=K. Srinivasulu |chapter=Kingship in Medieval South India |editor=Himanshu Roy |title=Political Thought in Indic Civilization |publisher=SAGE |year=2021 |isbn=9789354791598 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAVBEAAAQBAJ }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Velcheru Narayana Rao |author2=Sanjay Subrahmanyam |chapter=Notes on Political Thought in Medieval and Early Modern South India |editor1=Richard M. Eaton |editor2=Munis D. Faruqui |editor3=David Gilmartin |editor4=Sunil Kumar |title=Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards |year=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=176–182 |isbn=9781107034280 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC }}</ref>
* ''Andhra-bhasha-bhushanamu'' ("Ornament of the Andhra Language") is a work on grammar. This was likely the earliest [[Telugu grammar]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Andrew Ollett |title=Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India |year=2017 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520968813 |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CFn0DwAAQBAJ }}</ref> ''Andhra-shabda-chintamani'', purported to be an earlier work attributed to [[Nannaya]], is a fictitious work, and the sutras attributed to Nannaya in this work are likely from a later period, with their final version dating to the 17th century.<ref name="VNR_DS">{{cite book |editor1=Velcheru Narayana Rao |editor1-link=Narayana Rao (author) |editor2=David Shulman |editor2-link=David Dean Shulman |title=Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology |year=2002 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520344525 |pages=14, 230–238 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SFXVDwAAQBAJ }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* ''[[commons:File:Andhra-Bhashabhushanamu.pdf|Andhra-bhasha-bhushanamu]]'' in Telugu script

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[[Category:Telugu poets]]
[[Category:13th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:Year of death unknown]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Sanskrit–Telugu translators]]

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