EkAkshara and other ingenious forms of poetry (fwd)

[S Krishna]

I am forwarding this message to the Indology list on behalf of
Mr Devarakonda Venkata Narayana Sarma.

Krishna

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Krishna
	I have sent this posting twice to Indology list.
But it did not get there. The list manager says that there
is no record in the log that this posting reached the list
server. Can you please forward this to the list.
Sarma.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:52:12 +0500 (GMT+0500)
From: DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA <narayana at hd1.vsnl.net.in>
To: Members of the list <indology at liverpool.ac.uk>
Subject: EkAkshara and other ingenious forms of poetry


The word `chitra' in chitra-kavitva means `intriguing' or `rousing
one's curiosity' and not only `picture'. But bandhakavita has 
picturesque feats also like chakrabandha, khadgabandha, nagabandha etc. 
In these feats the letters of the poem can be cast in the picture of a 
wheel, the picture of a sword, the picture of a serpent etc.
 
In Telugu "PrabandharAja VEnkatEswara VijayavilAsam" by Ganapavarapu
VEnkaTa kavi published by Telugu University, Hyderabad (originally by 
A.P. Sahitya Academy) edited by VEdam VEnkatarAya SAstri ( grandson of 
the more famous namesake) is completely devoted to such feats. It 
contains many feats of prosady (garbhakavita); EkAkshara, dvyakshara,
...., Ekapada, dvipada,..., slesha poems, (chitrakavita) and  various 
picturesque bandhAs like those mentioned above (bandhakavita). In one
single sIsa (a meter) poem, 60 poems of various other meters are 
embedded. At the same time the book has also a story going. This is 
something like bhattikAvya which is meant to demonstrate vyAkarana
sUtrAs of PaNini at the same time narrating RAmAyanA.
 
Sarma.






---------------------------------------------------------
Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
---------------------------------------------------------