{"id":2201,"date":"2021-12-01T19:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/life-of-an-item\/?page_id=2201"},"modified":"2022-03-18T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:09:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/life-of-an-item\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Telugu Manuscript<\/h2>\n

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Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/h3>\n

The Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> is one of two major epics from India. It is notable as an original composition in Sanskrit and its subsequent re-imaginings in India\u2019s vernacular languages, including Telugu.<\/p>\n

This epic poem details the Kuruk\u1e63etra War and other shorter narratives including the story of R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>. The work was developed over a long period of time, dating as early as approximately 400 BCE and coming to its final form in Sanskrit around 400 CE. Three famous poets retold the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> into Telugu over several centuries, initiated by Nannaya in the 11th century and completed by Tikkana (13th century) and Errapragda (14th century).<\/p>\n

Emory’s Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/h3>\n

The manuscript captures the poetry of a lesser known poet rather than the work of the Kavitraya, the famous trinity of Telugu poets who are the authors of the canonical \u0100ndhra Mah\u0101bh\u0101ratamu<\/em>. The particular edition of the Telugu Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> represented by this manuscript is a separate endeavor by the poet Ko\u1e6dikalap\u016b\u1e0di V\u012brar\u0101ghava (1663-1712). The Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> contains 18 books (or parvas), including the fifth, Udy\u014dga parva<\/em> (The Book of Effort<\/em>). The Udy\u014dga parva<\/em> covers the efforts to engender peace among warring brothers, the Kauravas and the Pandavas.<\/p>\n

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Preserving the Telugu Manuscript<\/h3>\n

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Material<\/h4>\n

Emory Libraries<\/a>\u00a0recently acquired the K\u014d\u1e6dikalap\u016b\u1e0di V\u012brar\u0101ghavakavi (1663-1712) manuscript. It is the first subject in The Life of An Item<\/em> series.\u00a0This work was written as a palm leaf manuscript, and dried palm leaves were often used as a support material for writing in South Asia. The manuscript consists of 143 palm leaves. Each leaf is about 35mm x 430mm and is inscribed on both sides. There are also two holes in each leaf, which allow the leaves to be bound together with a cord laced through the two holes, encasing the manuscript with wooden ends. Rounded scripts such as Telugu were used to inscribe palm leaf manuscripts, because angular letters split the delicate leaves.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/h3>\n

Gift of Velcheru Narayana Rao, 2018.<\/p>\n

Custodial History<\/h3>\n

Given to V. Narayana Rao by Dr. and Mrs. Gopala Rao of Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_hoverbox image=”2150″ primary_title=”Physical Description” primary_title_font_container=”color:%23ffffff” primary_title_use_theme_fonts=”yes” hover_title=”” use_custom_fonts_primary_title=”true”]Creator:<\/strong> V\u012brar\u0101ghavakavi, K\u014d\u1e6dikalap\u016b\u1e0di, 1663-1712.
\nTitle:<\/strong> Telugu Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata. Udy\u014dga Parva (The Book of Effort), circa 1700.
\nCall Number:<\/strong> Manuscript Collection No. 444.
\nExtent:<\/strong> 0.25 cubic feet (1 box).
\nAbstract:<\/strong> One palm-leaf manuscript of the Telugu Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata, Udy\u014dga Parva (The Book of Effort), circa 1700.
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Owner<\/h3>\n

Owned by Robert W. Woodruff Library.<\/p>\n

Location<\/h3>\n

Housed at Pitts Theology Library.[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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