What is "athula"

Athula was a sanskrit poet. - Mushika Vamsa Mahakavya, written by poet Athula, describes about Ezhimala ruler s. 4-Ay dynasty belonged to the Yadava race. Mushikavamsam, a Sanskrit kavya composed by Athula in the first half of the eleventh ... title Ramaghata Muvar—an epithet used by the Mushika kings.