http://www.landoflime.com/archives/all-that-we-savor/of-poets-and-poetry/ Haunting Pasts, Uncertain Present, Utopian Futures Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:13:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.landoflime.com/archives/all-that-we-savor/of-poets-and-poetry/#comment-3894 Poets and Kings at Blogbharti Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:27:08 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/archives/all-that-we-savor/of-poets-and-poetry/#comment-3894 [...] The poet was Allasani Peddana, ‘King of Poets’, and the palaquin-bearer was Sri Krishna Devaraya, or Krsnaraya. Following up on an earlier post, on friendship between Bhoja and Kalidasa, Land of Lime now refers to the great friendship between Krsnaraya, often eulogised as Andhra Bhoja, and Peddana, the most revered member of the Ashtadiggaja (eight great elephants,… but actually referring to the eight great poet-scholars who adorned the Emperor’s court). The post features a translation of another poem, this one by Tenali Ramakrishna (or Ramalingaiah or now the comic book character Tenali Raman), another illustrious member of the Ashtadiggaja. The poem carries that dominant virtue which has come to characterize the legend woven around him now, his wit. But the truth remains, it was his scholarship which first won him the Emperor’s respect..and friendship. A great post! Posted by kuffir [...] [...] The poet was Allasani Peddana, ‘King of Poets’, and the palaquin-bearer was Sri Krishna Devaraya, or Krsnaraya. Following up on an earlier post, on friendship between Bhoja and Kalidasa, Land of Lime now refers to the great friendship between Krsnaraya, often eulogised as Andhra Bhoja, and Peddana, the most revered member of the Ashtadiggaja (eight great elephants,… but actually referring to the eight great poet-scholars who adorned the Emperor’s court). The post features a translation of another poem, this one by Tenali Ramakrishna (or Ramalingaiah or now the comic book character Tenali Raman), another illustrious member of the Ashtadiggaja. The poem carries that dominant virtue which has come to characterize the legend woven around him now, his wit. But the truth remains, it was his scholarship which first won him the Emperor’s respect..and friendship. A great post! Posted by kuffir [...]

]]> http://www.landoflime.com/archives/all-that-we-savor/of-poets-and-poetry/#comment-3879 December Stud Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:37:57 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/archives/all-that-we-savor/of-poets-and-poetry/#comment-3879 Very nice.....on this note, what's your opinion on AKR's vAchanas ? I have greatest regards for him, but I thought his vachanAs were nowhere upto the mark.... Very nice…..on this note, what’s your opinion on AKR’s vAchanas ? I have greatest regards for him, but I thought his vachanAs were nowhere upto the mark….

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