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Gender:
Male
Name in local script
भल्लट
Activity
First year of activity
c. 830
Last year of activity
c. 880
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Was probably a member of the elite scholarly circle patronized by Avantivarman
, He is named in the Karṇāta-pañcatantra of the Kannada poet Durgasimha [ca. 1050 CE], indicating that his fame had spread all over India in a short time.