Nadella Purushottama Kavi

Nadella Purushottama Kavi (23 April 1863 – 27 November 1938) was an Indian scholar, playwright, teacher and editor.[3] Purushottama Kavi is notable for his "Chitra Kavyas".[4] He was a great scholar in Sanskrit, Telugu, Persian and Hindi and composed more than 100 works in Telugu and Hindi. He also authored several plays in Hindi for the Hindu Nataka Samajam.[5][6]

Nadella Purushottama Kavi
Born
Nadella Purushottama Sastry[1]

(1863-04-23)23 April 1863
Machilipatnam, Krishna district, British India (now part of Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died27 November 1938(1938-11-27) (aged 75)
Machilipatnam, Krishna district, British India (now part of Andhra Pradesh, India)
NationalityIndian
Occupationscholar, playwright, teacher, editor
Spouse(s)Muktikantamani[2]
ChildrenNadella Medha Dakshinamurthy Sastry[2]
Parents
  • Nadella Kameswara Sastry (father)
  • Subbambika (mother)

Biography

Nadella was born in a Telugu-speaking Brahmin family of Haritasa gotra[6] on 23 April 1863 in Seetharamapuram, his ancestors lived in Nadella village in the Krishna district. His parents were Subbambika and Kameswara Sastry. When his village was destroyed by a flood in 1864, his family migrated to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. He learned Hindi, Farsi and Arabic.[3] Having returned from Hyderabad to his native village, Seetharamapuram. After his father died, he completed his secondary education in Hindu High School, Bandar. Later, he worked as a teacher. After writing many plays in Hindustani which were commissioned by the Bandar National Theatrical Society,[7] he died on 27 November 1938.

Works

He started the magazine Budhajana Vidheyani in 1886, he worked as headmaster in Hindu Highschool starting in 1887, after which In 1890 he started a Hindu School and Hindu Bala Samajam. In 1879, he wrote the yakshagana Ahalyasankramdanam. In 1890 he published Harischandra, a play, in his magazine. His works in Telugu include AhalyasankrandanaM (1883), Harischandra (1917), Parijatapaharanam, Sarangadahra, Droupadi vastrapaharanam, Chandrahasa (1916) and Harikatha rahasanam (1922).[8] He wrote 32 plays in the rupaka format between 1884 and 1886 in Hindustani. He staged them in Machilipatnam and other towns in Andhra Pradesh. Kavi occasionally took the part of Sutradhar on the stage.[3]

References
  1. J. Radha Krishna (1987). Brahmans of India. Chugh Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-8185076249.
  2. B. Ramaraju (2002). Contribution of Andhra to Samskrit Literature. Andhra University. p. 402. Medhadakshinamurti son of Muktikantamani and Purushottama kavi of Nadella family and Haritasagotra was born on 26-1-1894 at Macilipattanam, Krishna District. His father Nadella Purushottama Kavi (23-4-1863 - 27-11-1938) was a great scholar in Samskrit, Telugu, Persian and Hindi and composed more than 100 works in Telugu and Hindi.
  3. Ponangi Sri Rama Apparao (1994). Dharmavaram Ramakrishnamacharyulu. Sahitya Akademi. p. 10. ISBN 978-8172017712.
  4. Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. p. 734. ISBN 978-8126018031.
  5. Modali Nāgabhūṣaṇaśarma; Mudigonda Veerabhadra Sastry; Cīmakurti Śēṣagirirāvu (1995). History and culture of the Andhras. Telugu University. p. 322.
  6. B. Ramaraju (2002). Contribution of Andhra to Samskrit Literature. Andhra University. p. 402.
  7. Chapter - 4, TELUGU THEATRES:POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION, page:126
  8. పురుషోత్తమకవి, నాదెళ్ళ. చిత్ర కందపద్య రత్నాకరము.

Bibliography
  • "Nadella purushottama kavi", Nataka vijnana sarwaswam, potti sriramulu Telugu viswavidyalayam, Hyderabad, 2008, page no. 407.
  • "Andhra Rachayitalu", Madhunapantula satyanarayana sastry, 1950, pages: 208-11
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