Re: A "question" on Punctuation

V. Chowdary Jampala (cjampala@dayton.net)
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:20:59 -0500 (EST)

I think that this is an interesting topic worth further elucidation.
I have a few pet peeves /concerns that I would enumerate in a later post.

On Tue, 14 Nov 1995, Sreenivas Paruchuri wrote:

>
> BTW, what was the first printed book in Telugu, written by a Telugu? I knew
> it before. It was a travelogue on the author's journey to Benares, published
> in the first quarter of 19th century. Theres a very informative article on
> this topic in aandhra jyOti's _rajata kamalam_ (1987). Does anyone have a
> copy of it off-hand? The first book printed in Telugu is Bible.
>

The book Srinivas is referring to is 'Enugula veeraaswaamayya'
gaari 'kaaSidESa yaatra'. The book is recently reprinted and I have a
copy. I will check about the exact title. I am not sure that it is the
first book ever printed in Telugu by a Telugu.

More about the rest later. --- V. Chowdary Jampala