Velcheru Narayana Rao is Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he was the first person to hold the Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professorship in Telugu Culture, Literature, and History. David Shulman is Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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• AcknowledgmentsNote on PronunciationIntroduction1. NannayaEntering the MahabharataUdanka and the Snakes2. NannecodaOn Poetry in TeluguHow to Make God Fall in Love3. Palkuriki SomanathaThe Brahmin Widow and the Untouchable God4. TikkanaThe Slaying of Kicaka5. MañcanaThe Brahmin Who Kept His Wife in the BasementQuick WitThe Obliging Husband6. ErrapragadaVena and Prthu7. Nacana SomanathaNaraka and Urvasi8. SrinathaA Definition of PoetryBurning the Three CitiesThe Birth of Sukumara9. Bammera PotanaVisnu the DwarfThe Rescue of Gajendra10. AnnamayyaSongs for the Lord of the Hills11. Allasani PeddanaThe Brahmin Meets the CourtesanSanskrit and Telugu12. KrsnadevarayaThe King’s DreamVisnu-citta of Villiputtur13. Nandi TimmannaSatyabhama Kicks Krsna14. DhurjatiThe Story of Natkira15. Tenali RamakrsnaOn Becoming a Frog16. Nutana-kavi SurannaBeauty or Wealth?17. Pingali SurannaBeauty Unadorned18. AppakaviOn Poetry and GrammarOn Good Books19. KsetrayyaCourtesan Songs20. SatakasDhurjati. Kalahastisvara-satakamuKañcarla Gopanna [Ramadasu]. Dasarathi satakamuKasula Purusottamakavi. Andhra-nayaka-satakamu21. Catu Verses22. SahajiTake My Wife23. Samukhamu Venkatakrsnappa NayakaThe Love of Indra and Ahalya24. MuddupalaniHow to Read a BookRadha Instructs Ila, Krsna’s New Bride, in the Arts of Love25. TyagarajaI Can’t See You SmileTake Me for Your GuardWhat Did You Give Them?Reach Him Through MusicWon’t You Remove the Screen?BibliographyIndex

Velcheru Narayana Rao is Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he was the first person to hold the Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professorship in Telugu Culture, Literature, and History. David Shulman is Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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• AcknowledgmentsNote on PronunciationIntroduction1. NannayaEntering the MahabharataUdanka and the Snakes2. NannecodaOn Poetry in TeluguHow to Make God Fall in Love3. Palkuriki SomanathaThe Brahmin Widow and the Untouchable God4. TikkanaThe Slaying of Kicaka5. MañcanaThe Brahmin Who Kept His Wife in the BasementQuick WitThe Obliging Husband6. ErrapragadaVena and Prthu7. Nacana SomanathaNaraka and Urvasi8. SrinathaA Definition of PoetryBurning the Three CitiesThe Birth of Sukumara9. Bammera PotanaVisnu the DwarfThe Rescue of Gajendra10. AnnamayyaSongs for the Lord of the Hills11. Allasani PeddanaThe Brahmin Meets the CourtesanSanskrit and Telugu12. KrsnadevarayaThe King’s DreamVisnu-citta of Villiputtur13. Nandi TimmannaSatyabhama Kicks Krsna14. DhurjatiThe Story of Natkira15. Tenali RamakrsnaOn Becoming a Frog16. Nutana-kavi SurannaBeauty or Wealth?17. Pingali SurannaBeauty Unadorned18. AppakaviOn Poetry and GrammarOn Good Books19. KsetrayyaCourtesan Songs20. SatakasDhurjati. Kalahastisvara-satakamuKañcarla Gopanna [Ramadasu]. Dasarathi satakamuKasula Purusottamakavi. Andhra-nayaka-satakamu21. Catu Verses22. SahajiTake My Wife23. Samukhamu Venkatakrsnappa NayakaThe Love of Indra and Ahalya24. MuddupalaniHow to Read a BookRadha Instructs Ila, Krsna’s New Bride, in the Arts of Love25. TyagarajaI Can’t See You SmileTake Me for Your GuardWhat Did You Give Them?Reach Him Through MusicWon’t You Remove the Screen?BibliographyIndex

Velcheru Narayana Rao is Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he was the first person to hold the Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professorship in Telugu Culture, Literature, and History. David Shulman is Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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• AcknowledgmentsNote on PronunciationIntroduction1. NannayaEntering the MahabharataUdanka and the Snakes2. NannecodaOn Poetry in TeluguHow to Make God Fall in Love3. Palkuriki SomanathaThe Brahmin Widow and the Untouchable God4. TikkanaThe Slaying of Kicaka5. MañcanaThe Brahmin Who Kept His Wife in the BasementQuick WitThe Obliging Husband6. ErrapragadaVena and Prthu7. Nacana SomanathaNaraka and Urvasi8. SrinathaA Definition of PoetryBurning the Three CitiesThe Birth of Sukumara9. Bammera PotanaVisnu the DwarfThe Rescue of Gajendra10. AnnamayyaSongs for the Lord of the Hills11. Allasani PeddanaThe Brahmin Meets the CourtesanSanskrit and Telugu12. KrsnadevarayaThe King’s DreamVisnu-citta of Villiputtur13. Nandi TimmannaSatyabhama Kicks Krsna14. DhurjatiThe Story of Natkira15. Tenali RamakrsnaOn Becoming a Frog16. Nutana-kavi SurannaBeauty or Wealth?17. Pingali SurannaBeauty Unadorned18. AppakaviOn Poetry and GrammarOn Good Books19. KsetrayyaCourtesan Songs20. SatakasDhurjati. Kalahastisvara-satakamuKañcarla Gopanna [Ramadasu]. Dasarathi satakamuKasula Purusottamakavi. Andhra-nayaka-satakamu21. Catu Verses22. SahajiTake My Wife23. Samukhamu Venkatakrsnappa NayakaThe Love of Indra and Ahalya24. MuddupalaniHow to Read a BookRadha Instructs Ila, Krsna’s New Bride, in the Arts of Love25. TyagarajaI Can’t See You SmileTake Me for Your GuardWhat Did You Give Them?Reach Him Through MusicWon’t You Remove the Screen?BibliographyIndex