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{{Infobox book<br />
| name = Keyura-bahu-charitramu<br />
| author = Manchana<br />
| title_orig = కేయూరబాహుచరిత్ర<br />
| orig_lang_code = te<br />
| translator =<br />
| country = [[Velanati Chodas|Velanati Choda]] kingdom (present-day India)<br />
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| subject = Poetic collection of short stories<br />
| genre = [[Prabandha (Telugu)|Prabandha]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Keyura-bahu-charitramu''''' ([[IAST]]: ''Keyūra-bāhu-caritramu'') is a [[Telugu language]] poetic collection of short stories written by Manchana in the [[Velanati Chodas|Velanati Choda]] kingdom of southern India in the 12th or the 13th century. The book's title is also transliterated as ''Keyura-bahu-charitra'' (IAST: ''Keyūra-bāhu-caritra'') or ''Keyura-bahu-charitram''.<br />
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== Authorship ==<br />
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The poet Manchana ([[IAST]]: Mañcana) lived in the [[Velanati Chodas|Velanati Choda]] kingdom of southern India,<ref name="PM_RCM_2008">{{cite book |editor1=Panchanan Mohanty |editor2=Ramesh C. Malik |title=Language, Culture, and Society: Studies in Honour of Acharya Bhabananda |publisher=Indian Institute Of Language Studies |year=2008 |page=28 |isbn=9788186323328 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUQLAQAAMAAJ }}</ref> probably during late 12th to early 13th century CE.<ref name="VNR_DS_2002">{{cite book |editor1=Velcheru Narayana Rao |editor1-link=Narayana Rao (author) |editor2=David Shulman |editor2-link=David Dean Shulman |title=Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology |year=2002 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520344525 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SFXVDwAAQBAJ |page=102 }}</ref><br />
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== Contents ==<br />
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The book contains several short stories (''katha''s) within a frame narrative. Manchana took the frame story from [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)|Rajashekhara]]'s ''Viddha-shalabhanjika'', and took the short stories from several other sources including ''[[Panchatantra|Pancha-tantra]]''. His writings are an example of the early [[Prabandha (Telugu)|Prabandha]] style, and the earliest extant example of the ''katha'' (story) narrative in the Telugu literature.<ref name="VNR_DS_2002"/><br />
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Manchana dedicated the book to Nanduri Gundayamatya, a grandson of the Velanati Choda courtier Nanduri Ketana.<ref>{{cite book |author=M. Kulasekhara Rao |title=A History of Telugu Literature |publisher=M. Indira Devi |year=1988 |page=90 |oclc=485156916 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GpAOAAAAYAAJ }}</ref> The book glorifies generals, diplomats, and ministers of the Velanati Choda king [[Gonka II]].<ref name="PM_RCM_2008"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.372046 Telugu text] (1950)<br />
* [https://ebooks.tirumala.org/downloads/Keyura%20bahu%20Charitra.pdf Telugu text] (2012): ''Keyurabaahu Charitra by Manchena Kavi'', Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Religious Publications Series<br />
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[[Category:Telugu poetry]]<br />
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