Kandukuri veeresalingam biography in telugu language wikipedia

Body of works written in the Telugu language

Telugu literature includes poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and other works composed in Telugu. There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the mittpunkt of the first millennium. The earliest extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit bygd Nannaya. The language experienced a golden age beneath the patronage of the Vijayanagara Emperor-Poet Krishnadevaraya.^{[citation needed]}

Historiography

There are various sources available for kunskap on early Telugu writers. Among these are the prologues to their poems, which followed the Sanskrit model bygd customarily giving a brief description of the writer, a history of the king to whom the book fryst vatten dedicated, and a chronological list of the books he published. In addition, historical upplysning is available from inscriptions that can be correlated with the poems; there ar

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Telugu language

Language native to South India

Telugu (;^[6]తెలుగు, Telugu pronunciation:[ˈt̪eluɡu]) is a classicalDravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (),^[7] Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India.^[8] It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali.^[9] Telugu is one of the languages designated as a classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world.^[10] Modern Standard Telugu is based on the dialect of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Coastal Andhra.^[14]

Telugu is also spoken in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra,

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Andhra Kavula Charitramu

Andhra Kavula Charitramu (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర కవుల చరిత్రము; meaning Chronicle of Telugu Poets) is a compilation of the life histories of Telugu poets by Kandukuri Veeresalingam (). It was published in three parts by Hitakarini Samajam, Rajahmundry. It is a history of Telugu literature, though the author dealt more with the lives of the poets than their poetry.^[1]

The first part has details of about 40 biographies of Telugu poets of Early period starting from Nannayya, adikavi (first poet) of Telugu language.^[2] It was dedicated to Sri Rajah Rao Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rau Bahadur, Maharajah of Pithapuram. The author himself wrote in his Sweeyacharitramu (autobiography) that the first part was published by himself in It was published in again. After his death, it was published in ^[3] and

The second part consists of about 60 biographies of Telugu poets of Middle period starting from Krishnadevaraya.^[4] It wa