श्रीनिवासविलासचम्पू:- Srinivasavilas champu

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'A narrative in mixed prose and verse has been called Champu' is the definition given by rhetoricians of Sanskrit. And "this variety of composition enlarges the scope and ease of the poet's expression and entertains the reader by the presentation of combinative of varying melodies" said by Bhojaraja in ChampuRamayana (गद्यानुबन्धरसमिधितस्यतिः या हि कलितेव गीतिः). And composer of many Champukavyas Sri Melpattur NarayanaBhattatiri also reiterated that गद्यावती पयपरम्परा च प्रत्येकमेवावतिप्रमोदम् हर्षनकर्ष तनुते मिलित्वा Many prose passages have been seen in the midst of the verses in the Puranas, but there is not any instance of classical poetry of this recognized class known earlier The rhetoricians of Sanskrit literature from Bhamaha of 6th century A. D. have given the definition to ChampuKavya. Hence it is thought that Kavyas in the form Champu must have been composed even before the 6th A.D. "But the earliest works of such class are found only after the 10th century A.D. And then on wards Champus became very popular and particularly they were composed largely in South India" said by M. Krishnamachariar, Sri Baladev Upadhyaya, Prof. M. Gopal reddy and other authors of history of Classical Sanskrit Literature. According to these, 257 Champukavyas have been traced out t now and some of them were published from various institutes and especially most of the Champukavyas were written by the poets belonged to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala.

Yashastilakachampu of Somadeva Soma prabhasuri, Yuddhakanda of Bhoja's Champu Ramayana composed by Laksmanasuri, Sreenivasa vilasa champu of Krishnakavi, Bhadrachalachampu of Raghavarya, Rameshwara vijayachampu of Brahmatantraparakalaswamy are some of the famous champukavyas belong to Telangana.

We have recently published Ramakrishna yudhisthiracharitachampu of Sriman Perumalla Venkatarajakavi, Jagannatha Champu of Jagannathaarya, Yudhishthiraashwamadha Champu of Venkata shastry, Sri Venkatesha ChampuPrabandha of Sriman Shirisinahal Perumandlacharya, Raghunatha vijaya Champu Sri Krishnakavi. And now we are very happy to bring out another beautiful ChampuKavya authored by the same scholarly poet of Telanagana State of Sri Krishnakavi. This book was published long ago in Telugu script from Sri Saraswati Mudranaalaya, Chennai.

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