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Ketana
Mula-ghatika Ketana (c. 1220-1260) was a Telugu language poet and writer from southern India. He was a disciple of the poet Tikkana, and wrote multiple works under Tikkana's sponsorship. Works Ketana wrote the following works: * ''Dasha-kumara-charitamu'' is a Telugu translation of Dandin's '' Dasha-kumara-charita''. Ketana assumed the title ''Abhinava Dandi'' ("the New Dandi"), and dedicated his work to Tikkana. * '' Vijnaneshvariyamu'' or ''Vijnaneshvaramu'' is a legal '' dharmashastra'' text based on '' Mitakshara'', Vijnaneshvara's commentary on ''Yajnavalkya Smrti''. Like the other ''dharmashastra'' texts, Ketana adheres to the '' varna'' system, treating Brahmins and men favoruably. He highlights the importance of Brahmanas The Brahmanas (; Sanskrit: , ''Brāhmaṇam'') are Vedic śruti works attached to the Samhitas (hymns and mantras) of the Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva Vedas. They are a secondary layer or classification of Sanskrit texts embedded within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijnaneshvaramu
''Vijnaneshvaramu'' ( IAST: Vijñāneśvaramu) is a 13th-century Telugu language '' dharma-shastra'' (Hindu law) text composed by Ketana in present-day southern India. It is based on the Sanskrit-language '' Mitakshara'', a legal commentary on the ''Yajnavalkya Smriti''. Ketana made changes to the ''Mitakshara'' laws to make them consistent with the contemporary Andhra society. According to scholar A. Padma, the text was "the basic source of law" during the Kakatiya rule. Views Varna and caste ''Vijnaneshvaramu'' is a socially conservative text that follows the Brahmanic '' dharma-shastra'' tradition and considers the caste hierarchy as the most important aspect of a functioning society. The author considers the king as a guarantor of this hierarchy, and states that the king's council should include Brahmin advisors. Like the '' Manu Dharma-shastra'', Ketana's work suggests variations in trials and punishment based on the convict's '' varna''. For example, according to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius; and the Arabian Gulf count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dashakumaracharita
''Dashakumaracharita'' (''The narrative of ten young men'', IAST: ''Daśa-kumāra-Carita'', Devanagari: दशकुमारचरित) is a prose romance in Sanskrit, attributed to Dandin (दण्डी), believed to have flourished in the seventh to eighth centuries CE. However, there is some obscurity surrounding its textual tradition, the identity of the author and the date of composition. It describes the adventures of ten young men, the ''Kumaras'', all of whom are either princes or sons of royal ministers, as narrated by the men themselves (however, there are irregularities in the text). These narratives are replete with accounts of demigods, ghosts, prostitutes, gamblers, intrigues with voluptuous women, astonishing coincidences, cockfights, anthropophagy, sorcery, robberies, murders and wars. The reader is treated to some very striking passages; for instance, a seductive young girl (all of whose anatomical features are very frankly described) deftly prepares a fragra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannaya
Nannaya ''Bhattaraka'' (sometimes spelled Nannayya or Nannaiah; ca. 11th century) was a Telugu poet and the author of the first '' Andhra Mahabharatam'', a Telugu retelling of the Sanskrit-language ''Mahabharata''. This work, which is rendered in the Champu style, is chaste and polished and of a high literary merit. Nannaya is the first of the three earliest known Telugu poets, called the ''Kavitrayam'' ("trinity of poets"). The advanced and well-developed language used by Nannaya suggests that prior Telugu literature other than royal grants and decrees must have existed before him. However, these presumed works are now lost, and Nannaya is considered the first poet (''adi kavi'') of Telugu language. Legends also credit him with writing the Sanskrit-language ''Andhra-shabda-chintamani'', said to be the first work on Telugu grammar, but these legends are historically inaccurate, and the text is an imagnary work. Grammar Some legends credit Nannaya with writing ''Andhra-sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Male Poets
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A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th-century Indian Poets
The 13th century was the century which lasted from January 1, 1201 ( MCCI) through December 31, 1300 ( MCCC) in accordance with the Julian calendar. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, which stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe. The conquests of Hulagu Khan and other Mongol invasions changed the course of the Muslim world, most notably the Siege of Baghdad (1258), the destruction of the House of Wisdom and the weakening of the Mamluks and Rums which, according to historians, caused the decline of the Islamic Golden Age. Other Muslim powers such as the Mali Empire and Delhi Sultanate conquered large parts of West Africa and the Indian subcontinent, while Buddhism witnessed a decline through the conquest led by Bakhtiyar Khilji. The Southern Song dynasty would begin the century as a prosperous kingdom but would eventually be invaded and annexed into the Yuan dynasty of the Mongols. The Kamakura Shogunate of Japan would be invaded by the Mongols. Goryeo resiste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Poets
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Brahmins
Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru or acharya). The other three varnas are the Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. The traditional occupation of Brahmins is that of priesthood at the Hindu temples or at socio-religious ceremonies, and rite of passage rituals such as solemnising a wedding with hymns and prayers.James Lochtefeld (2002), Brahmin, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1: A–M, Rosen Publishing, , page 125 Traditionally, the Brahmins are accorded the highest ritual status of the four social classes. Their livelihood is prescribed to be one of strict austerity and voluntary poverty ("A Brahmin should acquire what just suffices for the time, what he earns he should spend all that the same day"). In practice, Indian texts suggest that some Brahmins historically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Grammar
The first treatise on Telugu grammar ( te, వ్యాకరణం ''vyākaraṇam''), the ''Andhra Sabda Chintamani'' (Telugu language, Telugu: ఆంధ్ర శబ్ద చింతామణి ''Āndhra śabda cintāmaṇi'') was written in Sanskrit by Nannayya, who is considered the first poet (''ādikavi'') and grammarian of the Telugu language, in the 11th century CE. After Nannayya, Atharvana and Ahobala composed the sūtra, sutras, the vartikas and the bhashyam. In the 19th century, Paravastu Chinnaya Suri wrote a simplified work on Telugu grammar called ''Bāla Vyākaranam, Bāla Vyākaraṇam'' (''lit.'' Children's grammar), borrowing concepts and ideas from Nannayya, in Telugu. According to Nannayya, language without 'Niyama' or the language which does not adhere to Vyākaranam is called apabhramsa, Grāmya (''lit'' of the village) or apabhramsa, Apabhraṃśa, is unfit for literary usage. All literary texts in Telugu follow the Vyākaraṇam. Inflection Telugu is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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