Vemana

Vemana
Vemana
	Vemana on a postal stamp
Born	17th century; Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India[citation needed]
Died	Katarupalli Village near Kadiri Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh
Occupation	Achala Yogi, Poet, Social Reformer

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Vemana, popularly known as Yogi Vemana, was an Indian philosopher and poet in the Telugu language. His poems are known for their use of simple language and native idioms. They discuss the subjects of yoga, wisdom and morality.

Early life and backgroundEdit

There is no consensus among scholars about the period in which Vemana lived. C.P. Brown, known for his research on Vemana, estimates his year of birth to be 1652 based on some of his verses. Various sources say he was born in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.^[1]

Vemana was telinga to jangama community. Brown says this was in his original history of yogi vemana. Vemana was a Vedic scholar and he was a great yogi in achala sidhantha.^[2]

Vemana was born in Gandikota, Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh.^{[citation needed]} //

DeathEdit

There is a headstone marking the grave of Yogi Vemana in Katarupalli (Kadiri town), a village in Kadiri taluk, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. It is believed widely that Vemana died in this village. Being a Yogi, he was buried and not cremated

Poetic styleEdit

Many lines of yogi Vemana's poems are now colloquial phrases of the Telugu language. They end with the signature line Viswadaabhi Raama Vinura Vema, literally Beloved of Viswada, listen Vema. There are many interpretations of what the last line signifies.

Vemana's poems were collected and published by Brown in the 19th century.^[3] His poems are of many kinds, social, moral, satirical and mystic nature. Most of them are in Ataveladi (dancing lady) meter.^{[citation needed]}

The filmsEdit

Yogi Vemana is a 1947 Telugu film directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy and starring Chittor V. Nagaiah.
Yogi Vemana is again made as Telugu film in 1986 directed by C. S. Rao and starring Vijayachander.

ReferencesEdit

↑ Jackson, William Joseph (2004). Vijayanagara voices: exploring South Indian history and Hindu literature. Ashgate Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7546-3950-3.
↑ "Vemana Community". Indian Cinema Wiki.
↑ Brown, C.P. (1829). Verse of Vemana: Translated from the Telugu.

External linksEdit

[1] Jackson, William Joseph (2004). Vijayanagara voices: exploring South Indian history and Hindu literature. Ashgate Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7546-3950-3.

[2] "Vemana Community". Indian Cinema Wiki.

[brown-3] Brown, C.P. (1829). Verse of Vemana: Translated from the Telugu.

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Vemana
Vemana on a postal stamp
Born	17th century Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India^{[citation needed]}
Died	Katarupalli Village near Kadiri Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh
Occupation	Achala Yogi, Poet, Social Reformer