įrom the sixteenth century onwards, rarely known episodes from the Purāṇas would form the basis for the tradition of Telugu-language kavya. Poets and scholars drew most of their material from, and spent most of their time translating epics, such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata and the Purāṇas, all of which are considered to be storehouses of Indian culture. Subject matter Įarly Telugu literature is predominantly religious in subject matter. In addition, historical information is available from inscriptions that can be correlated with the poems there are several grammars, treatises, and anthologies that provide illustrative stanzas and there is also information available from the lives of the poets and the traditions that they followed. Among these are the prologues to their poems, which followed the Sanskrit model by customarily giving a brief description of the writer, a history of the king to whom the book is dedicated, and a chronological list of the books he published. ![]() There are various sources available for information on early Telugu writers. ![]() 5.2.1 Nannaya Bhattarakudu, the Adi Kavi.5.1.1 The Pre-Nannayya Period (before 1020 AD).
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