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Adikavi Pampa was a court poet of Chalukya King __________

A. Narasimha II

B. Arikesari II

C. Vagaraja

D. Yuddhamalla III

Answer: Option B

Solution (By Examveda Team)

A court poet of Chalukya king Arikesari II, who was a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta dynasty king Krishna III. Pampa is best known for his epics Vikramarjuna Vijaya or Pampa Bharata, and the Adi puraṇa, both written in the champu style around c. 939. These works served as the model for all future champu works in Kannada.

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