Jayapa Nayudu or Jayapa Senani was a military commander under Ganapatideva, the Kakatiya king who had given some districts to Jayapa Nayudu to rule the present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during the medieval period from his seat in Warangal. He was a major player in the Kakatiya Empire. Due to his brilliant knowledge of Sanskrit, he has been mistaken to be a Brāhmana The defeat of Velanati Chodas at the hands of Kakatiya emperor

Ganapatideva Ganapati-deva (r. c. 1199-1262) was the longest reigning monarch of the Kakatiya dynasty of southern India. He brought most of the Telugu-speaking region in present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under the Kakatiya influence by war or diplomacy. ...

(1241 CE) led to many Nayaka warriors migrating to Warangal and joining the Kakatiya army. Jayapa Nayudu, a valiant commander from Kammanadu, was made the chief of the elephant wing in the army. He was the uncle of Rani Rudrama Devi, Emperor Ganapatideva married Naramma and Peramma, sisters of Jayapa Nayudu(Ganapatideva's brother-in-law).

Lineage

Jayapa was the son of Pinna Choda whose father Narappa was the governor of the estuary region of river Krishna, also known as Diviseema. Narappa had four sons—Choda, Pina Choda, Bhima and Brahma. All the brothers served as commanders in the army of Velanati Choda kings. The historians who have dealt with the caste / community of Jayapa Senani, have stated that he was a ferocious warrior, who came from a family of chieftains and warriors, belonged to the

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caste, hailing from the Kammanadu region. he had also stated to be of āyya (Ārya??) kula san̄jāta, which Means "Belonging to the warrior lineage of Aryan family/race"

Contributions

Jayapa participated in the Kalinga conquest of Ganapatideva and was honoured with the title "Vairigodhuma Gharatta". He built a temple (Ganapeswara) in the honour of Ganapatideva and made a grant of many villages to the temple (1231 CE). He built another temple (Chodeswara) in the name of his father Pinna Choda in Chebrolu (Guntur district) and made a grant of Modukuru village to meet the temple expenses. According to the Chebrolu inscription (21 April 1235 CE) he also built two-storied quarters in two rows for Devadasis (Temple dancers) in front of the temple. Jayapa must have been an accomplished master of dance because his Sanskrit treatise "Nritya Ratnavali" is an authoritative text on Indian dance. Jayapa is the first person who wrote about the dances prevalent in Andhra Pradesh. Both Desi and Margi forms of dances have been included in ''Nritya Ratnavali''. It contains eight chapters. Folk dance forms like Perani, Prenkhana, Suddha Nartana, Carcari, Rasaka, Danda Rasaka, Shiva Priya, Kanduka Nartana, Bhandika Nrityam, Carana Nrityam, Chindu, Gondali and Kolatam are described. In the first chapter the author deals with discussion of the differences between Marga and desi, tandava and lasya, Natya and nritta. In the 2nd and 3rd chapters he deals with angikabhinaya, caris, Sthanakas and mandalas. In the 4th Chapter Karnas, angaharas and recakas are described. In following chapters he described the local dance forms i.e. desi nritya. In the last chapter he deals with art and practice of dance.

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References

* Andhrula Charitra by Chilukuri Veerabhadrarao (in Telugu) *''Bouddhamu-Andhramu'', Hanumantha Rao, B. S. L., 1995, Telugu University, Hyderabad(https://archive.org/details/bouddamuandhramu018708mbp) History of Andhra Pradesh Telugu people Telugu monarchs