Re: avadhaanamu and kavitvamu

STADIGAD.US.ORACLE.COM (STADIGAD@us.oracle.com)
08 Mar 96 16:27:20 -0800

A word "dommaraaTa" has been used comparing avadhhana prakirya with it.
We should only take the spirit of the point here and shoud not take it
as looking down upon a folk-art-form. In old poetry, there is stronger
poem sweeping several art forms with it:

naTa viTa gaayaka gaNikaa
kuTila vachaSSedhu rasamu grOleDu chevikin
gaTuvee Saastramu ninni
ccaTa jadivincha kunna jarugade maakun ?

[ indeevarakshOpaakhyaanam, manucharitram ]


- Syamala Rao.
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