Keyura-bahu-charitramu explained

Keyura-bahu-charitramu
Author:	Manchana
Title Orig:	కేయూరబాహుచరిత్ర
Orig Lang Code:	te
Country:	Velanati Choda kingdom (present-day India)
Language:	Telugu
Subject:	Poetic collection of short stories
Genre:	Prabandha

Keyura-bahu-charitramu (IAST: Keyūra-bāhu-caritramu) is a Telugu language poetic collection of short stories written by Manchana in the Velanati Choda kingdom of southern India in the 12th or the 13th century. The book's title is also transliterated as Keyura-bahu-charitra (IAST: Keyūra-bāhu-caritra) or Keyura-bahu-charitram.

Authorship

The poet Manchana (IAST: Mañcana) lived in the Velanati Choda kingdom of southern India,^[1] probably during late 12th to early 13th century CE.^[2]

Contents

The book contains several short stories (kathas) within a frame narrative. Manchana took the frame story from Rajashekhara's Viddha-shalabhanjika, and took the short stories from several other sources including Pancha-tantra. His writings are an example of the early Prabandha style, and the earliest extant example of the katha (story) narrative in the Telugu literature.^[2]

Manchana dedicated the book to Nanduri Gundayamatya, a grandson of the Velanati Choda courtier Nanduri Ketana.^[3] The book glorifies generals, diplomats, and ministers of the Velanati Choda king Gonka II.^[1]

External links

• Telugu text (1950)
• Telugu text (2012): Keyurabaahu Charitra by Manchena Kavi, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Religious Publications Series

Notes and References

1. Book: Panchanan Mohanty . Ramesh C. Malik . Language, Culture, and Society: Studies in Honour of Acharya Bhabananda . Indian Institute Of Language Studies . 2008 . 28 . 9788186323328 .
2. Book: Velcheru Narayana Rao . Narayana Rao (author) . David Shulman . David Dean Shulman . Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology . 2002 . University of California Press . 9780520344525 . 102 .
3. Book: M. Kulasekhara Rao . A History of Telugu Literature . M. Indira Devi . 1988 . 90 . 485156916 .