Allasani peddana biography of georgetown sc

Post a Comment. Allasani Peddana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Lahin Sc Co, Ltd, Messrs.

Allasani Peddana 15th and 16th centuries CE was a famous Telugu poet [1] and was ranked as the foremost of the Ashtadiggajalu , the title for the group of eight poets in the court of King Krishnadevaraya , a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire. Contents [ hide ]. Peddana was a native of Somandepalli near Anantapur. Alternative sources say his birthplace as Dornala village near the present day Srisailam.

He was a nandavarika Brahmin. He wrote the first major Prabandha, a form of fictional poetry in Telugu , and for this reason, he is revered as Andhra Kavita Pitamaha literally the grand father of Telugu poetry. He dedicated his works to king Krishnadevaraya. This work is the development of an episode in Markandeya Puranam relating to the birth of Svarochishamanu, who is one of the fourteen Manus.

Pravarakhyudu is a pious Brahmin youth who goes to Himalayas for sight seeing. In Himalayas Varudhini , a Gandharva girl falls in love with him, but Pravarakhya rejects her love as he is already married. Knowing this a Gandharva youth who was earlier rejected by Varudhini assumes the form of Pravarakhya and succeeds to win her love. To them is born Svarochi, the father of SvArochishamanu.

Some of his other famous works such as Harikathaasaaramu are untraceable now. The theme for his Manu Charitra is a short story from Markandeya Purana. It is about second Manu of fourteen manus fathers of mankind societies according to Hindu mythology , translated into Telugu from Sanskrit by Marana — , [6] disciple of Tikkana.