Kuppambika ( te, కుప్పాంబిక;) was a
Telugu poet. She was the daughter of the king and poet
Gona Budda Reddy, who wrote ''Ranganatha Ramayanam'' in Telugu. She was the younger sister of
Gona Ganna Reddy and wife of Malyala Gunda Dandadeeshudu.
After her husband's death, Kuppambika constructed a
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...
temple Gundeshwaraalayam at
Buddapuram. She issued Buddapuram inscriptions in the 13th Century. The inscriptions depict her to be the first Telugu poetess. A popular poet,
Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu
Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu ( Telugu: అయ్యలరాజు రామభద్రుడు), shortly Ramabhadra (16th century, CE) was a famous Telugu poet and was one among the '' Astadiggajas'', which was the title of the group of eight po ...
, used to read her poems in front of the people and King
Krishnadevaraya.
As mentioned by Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu in his compositions. He took the following poem written in Telugu literature by Kuppambika. It describes the feelings of a girl who transitioned to teenage.
వనజాతాంబకుడేయు సాయకములన్ వర్జింపగా రాదు, నూ
తన బాల్యాధిక యౌవనంబు మదికిన్ ధైర్యంబు రానీయద
త్యనురక్తిన్ మిముబోంట్లకున్ దెలుప నాహా! సిగ్గుమైకోదు పా
వన వంశంబు స్వతంత్రమీయదు చెలీ! వాంఛల్ తుదల్ముట్టునే
References
Telugu poets
Indian women poets
Poets from Andhra Pradesh
13th-century Indian poets
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