David Shulman 
Classical Telugu Poetry [EPUB ebook] 

The classical tradition in Telugu, the mellifluous language of Andhra Pradesh in southern India, is one of the richest yet least explored of all South Asian literatures. In this volume, Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman have brought together mythological, religious, and secular texts by twenty major poets who wrote between the eleventh and nineteenth centuries, providing an authoritative volume overview of one of the world's most creative poetic traditions. An informative, engaging introduction fleshes out the history of Telugu literature, situating its poets in relation to significant literary themes and historical developments and discussing the relationship between Telugu and the classical literature and poetry of Sanskrit.

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Acknowledgments

Note on Pronunciation


Introduction


1. Nannaya

Entering the Mahabharata

Udanka and the Snakes


2. Nannecoda

On Poetry in Telugu

How to Make God Fall in Love


3. Palkuriki Somanatha

The Brahmin Widow and the Untouchable God


4. Tikkana

The Slaying of Kicaka


5. Mañcana

The Brahmin Who Kept His Wife in the Basement

Quick Wit

The Obliging Husband


6. Errapragada

Vena and Prthu


7. Nacana Somanatha

Naraka and Urvasi


8. Srinatha

A Definition of Poetry

Burning the Three Cities

The Birth of Sukumara


9. Bammera Potana

Visnu the Dwarf

The Rescue of Gajendra


10. Annamayya

Songs for the Lord of the Hills


11. Allasani Peddana

The Brahmin Meets the Courtesan

Sanskrit and Telugu


12. Krsnadevaraya

The King’s Dream

Visnu-citta of Villiputtur


13. Nandi Timmanna

Satyabhama Kicks Krsna


14. Dhurjati

The Story of Natkira


15. Tenali Ramakrsna

On Becoming a Frog


16. Nutana-kavi Suranna

Beauty or Wealth?


17. Pingali Suranna

Beauty Unadorned


18. Appakavi

On Poetry and Grammar

On Good Books


19. Ksetrayya

Courtesan Songs


20. Satakas

Dhurjati. Kalahastisvara-satakamu

Kañcarla Gopanna [Ramadasu]. Dasarathi satakamu

Kasula Purusottamakavi. Andhra-nayaka-satakamu


21. Catu Verses


22. Sahaji

Take My Wife


23. Samukhamu Venkatakrsnappa Nayaka

The Love of Indra and Ahalya


24. Muddupalani

How to Read a Book

Radha Instructs Ila, Krsna’s New Bride, in the Arts of Love


25. Tyagaraja

I Can’t See You Smile

Take Me for Your Guard

What Did You Give Them?

Reach Him Through Music

Won’t You Remove the Screen?


Bibliography

Index

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Velcheru Narayana Rao is Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he was the first person to hold the Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professorship in Telugu Culture, Literature, and History. David Shulman is Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.