A History of Telugu Literature |
Contents
HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND | 20 |
THE LIFE OF A POET | 29 |
EARLY BEGINNINGS THE DESI AND THE MARGI | 37 |
THE PERIOD OF THE PRABANDHAS 15091618 | 69 |
THE PERIOD OF STAGNATION 16301850 | 86 |
THE MODERN PERIOD 18501925 | 108 |
RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT | 120 |
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Andhra Aryan Atharvana Basava beauty Bhagavata Bharata Bhaskara Brahmin Buddha Rāzu cantos century A.D. Chalukyas Charitra composed composition contemporary court criticism culture daughter dedicated drama Dravidian Dravidian languages Dvipada eighteenth century emperor epic grammar hero Hindu history of Telugu honour inspiration Jain Kakatiya Kanarese Kavi Kavitraya kavya king kingdom Krishna Krishnadevaraya Kumāra Lingayat literary Mahabharata merit metre modern movement Muhammadan Nādu Nannechodu Nārāyaṇa Bhat original Pāka pandit Parinaya Parva Peddana period Pingali Suranna poem poet's poetic poetry popular Potana Prabandha Prataparudra prose Purāņa Raghava Rāja Rajahmundry Rāju Rāma Rāmakrishna Rāmānuja Rāmarāja Bhushana Rāmāyaṇa Ranganatha Rāya Reddi regarded reign religious royal Saivite Sanskrit Sāra Sarasvati Sataka Siva and Vishnu slesha Songs South India Southern school Srinatha stanza story style Tamil Telugu language Telugu literature Telugu poets theme Timmanna tion tradition translation Vaidiki Vaishnavism Vasucharitra Vengi verse Vijaya Vijayanagar Vishnu words writers wrote Yuga