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God on the Hill
Temple Poems from Tirupati
Av David Shulman, Velcheru Narayana Rao m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
431 kr
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The devotional poems of Annamayya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. Annamayya effectively created and popularized a new genre, the short padam song, which spread throughout the …
God on the Hill
Temple Poems from Tirupati
Av Annamayya, Velcheru Narayana Rao
Häftad, 2005
635 kr
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The devotional poems of Annamaya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. Annamaya effectively created and popularized a new genre, the short padam song, which spread throughout the …
God on the Hill
Temple Poems from Tirupati
Av David Shulman, Velcheru Narayana Rao m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
485 kr
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The devotional poems of Annamayya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. Annamayya effectively created and popularized a new genre, the short padam song, which spread throughout the …
Srinatha
The Poet who Made Gods and Kings
Av Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman
Inbunden, 2012
2494 kr
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David Shulman and Velcheru Narayana Rao offer a groundbreaking cultural biography of Srinatha, arguably the most creative figure in the thousand-year history of Telugu literature. This fourteenth- and fifteenth-century poet revolutionized the classical tradition and effectively created the …
Srinatha
The Poet who Made Gods and Kings
Av David Shulman, Velcheru Narayana Rao
E-bok, 2012
450 kr
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David Shulman and Velcheru Narayana Rao offer a groundbreaking cultural biography of Srinatha, arguably the most creative figure in the thousand-year history of Telugu literature. Their study, which includes extensive translations of Srinatha''s major works, shows the poet''s place in a great …
Srinatha
The Poet who Made Gods and Kings
Av Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman
Häftad, 2012
879 kr
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David Shulman and Velcheru Narayana Rao offer a groundbreaking cultural biography of Srinatha, arguably the most creative figure in the thousand-year history of Telugu literature. This fourteenth- and fifteenth-century poet revolutionized the classical tradition and effectively created the …
Girls for Sale
Kanyasulkam, a Play from Colonial India
Av Gurajada Apparao, Velcheru Narayana Rao
Häftad, 2007
330 kr
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First staged in 1892, the South Indian play Girls for Sale (Kanyasulkam) is considered the greatest modern work of Telugu literature and the first major drama written in an Indian language that critiqued British colonialism's effects on Indian society. Filled with humor, biting social commentary, …
When God is a Customer
Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others
Av A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
320 kr
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How is it that this woman's breasts glimmer so clearly through her saree? Can't you guess, my friends? What are they but rays from the crescents left by the nails of her lover pressing her in his passion, rays now luminous as the moonlight of a summer night? These South Indian devotional poems show …
Poem at the Right Moment
Remembered Verses from Premodern South India
Av Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman
Häftad, 1998
398 kr
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A Poem at the Right Moment collects, and preserves, poems—called catus—that have circulated orally for centuries in South India. The poems are remarkable for their wit and precision, their lyrical insight on the commonplace, their fascination with sensual experience, and their exploration of the …
For the Lord of the Animals-Poems from The Telugu
The Kalahastisvara Satakamu of Dhurjati
Av Hank Heifetz, Velcheru Narayana Rao
Häftad, 1987
575 kr
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For the Lord of the Animals: Poems from the Telugu offers an insightful translation of The Kalahastisvara Satakamu by the 16th-century poet Dhurjati, a prominent figure in the devotional poetry tradition of Andhra Pradesh. Set in the sacred temple town of Kalahasti, dedicated to the god Shiva, the …
For the Lord of the Animals-Poems from The Telugu
The Kalahastisvara Satakamu of Dhurjati
Av Velcheru Narayana Rao, Hank Heifetz
E-bok, 1987
390 kr
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For the Lord of the Animals: Poems from the Telugu offers an insightful translation of The Kalahastisvara Satakamu by the 16th-century poet Dhurjati, a prominent figure in the devotional poetry tradition of Andhra Pradesh. Set in the sacred temple town of Kalahasti, dedicated to the god Shiva, the …
Poem at the Right Moment
Remembered Verses from Premodern South India
Av Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman
Inbunden, 1998
936 kr
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A Poem at the Right Moment collects, and preserves, poems—called catus—that have circulated orally for centuries in South India. The poems are remarkable for their wit and precision, their lyrical insight on the commonplace, their fascination with sensual experience, and their exploration of the …
For the Lord of the Animals-Poems from The Telugu
The Kalahastisvara Satakamu of Dhurjati
Av Hank Heifetz, Velcheru Narayana Rao
Inbunden, 1987
1329 kr
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For the Lord of the Animals: Poems from the Telugu offers an insightful translation of The Kalahastisvara Satakamu by the 16th-century poet Dhurjati, a prominent figure in the devotional poetry tradition of Andhra Pradesh. Set in the sacred temple town of Kalahasti, dedicated to the god Shiva, the …
Text and Tradition in South India
Häftad, 2018
607 kr
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Essays on Telugu and South Indian literature and culture by distinguished Telugu scholar Narayana Rao.Velcheru Narayana Rao's contribution to understanding Indian cultural history, literary production, and intellectual life-specifically from the vantage of the Andhra region-has few parallels. He is …
Symbols of Substance
Court and State in Nayaka Period Tamil Nadu
Av Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
525 kr
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Symbols of Substance is a groundbreaking analysis of the political culture and political economy of the small Nayaka states that emerged and flourished in the Tamil country in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. An unusual product of triple authorship, the book examines how such states …
Text and Tradition in South India
Inbunden, 2017
1278 kr
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Essays on Telugu and South Indian literature and culture by distinguished Telugu scholar Narayana Rao.Velcheru Narayana Rao's contribution to understanding Indian cultural history, literary production, and intellectual life-specifically from the vantage of the Andhra region-has few parallels. He is …
