Mains Paper I · 1 AP Social & Cultural History · 1.14 Telugu language and classical literature

1.14.4 Kakatiya-age literature: Saiva poets, Ketana, Marana and the Ranganatha Ramayanam

In the Kakatiya age (12th–14th centuries) Telugu literature widened beyond the epic: Saiva poets brought the people's dwipada metre, Ketana wrote the first Telugu grammar in Telugu, Tikkana's circle rendered Sanskrit works, and Gona Budda Reddy wrote the first complete Telugu Ramayana.

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Key terms

  • Nannechoda
  • Kumarasambhavamu
  • Kaviraja Sikhamani
  • Mallikarjuna Panditaradhya
  • Sivatattvasaramu
  • Palkuriki Somanatha
  • Basavapuranamu
  • Panditaradhya Charitra
  • dwipada
  • Veerasaiva
  • Ketana
  • Abhinava Dandi
  • Dasakumara Charitra
  • Andhra Bhasha Bhushanamu
  • Vijnaneswareeyamu
  • Marana
  • Markandeya Puranamu
  • Manchena
  • Keyurabahu Charitra
  • Baddena
  • Nitisastra Muktavali
  • Sumati Satakam
  • Gona Budda Reddy
  • Ranganatha Ramayanamu
  • Bhaskara Ramayanamu
  • Vidyanatha
  • Prataparudra Yasobhushanam
  • Jayapa
  • Nritta Ratnavali
  • Kreedabhiramamu

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