Dangerous to auspicious: vernacular transformations of a Telugu epic.
Nannaya, an eleventh century court poet, is revered as the first poet (ādikavi) of Telugu literature, and his Mahābhāratamu is considered the first classical Telugu text. This article explores the ways in which Nannaya transformed the Sanskrit Mahābhārata into a vernacular idiom. While the Sanskrit...
| Publicado en: | South Asian History & Culture Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 449 - 467 |
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