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'''Nudurupati Venkanna''' was a Telugu and Sanskrit poet from the Pudukkottai kingdom. He is known for the creation of the Telugu lexicon ''Andhra Bhasharnavamu'' and the ''Tondaman Vamsavali'', a detailed chronicle of the Pudukkottai kingdom.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
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Venkanna was born in the distinguished Telugu-speaking [[Nudurupati family]] of Pudukkottai. His father Sitharamaiah was also a poet and bore the title ''Uddanda Kavi''.<br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
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Venkanna's important works are ''Andhra Bhasharnavamu'', ''Parvathi Kalyanamu'', ''Raghunathivamu'', ''Mallupuranamu'', ''Brhannayika Dandakamu'' and ''Tondaman Vamsavali''.<br />
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''Andhra Bhasharnavamu'' is a comprehensive Telugu lexicon which is popular in the Tamil as well as Telugu country. It is composed of a total of 3 parts and is the biggest Telugu lexicon ever written. His ''Raghunathivamu'' is a Sanskrit work on Alankaras and dedicated to Venkanna's contemporary and patron [[Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman]]. ''Parvathi Kalyanamu'' is a [[Yakshagana]] on the marriage of [[Shiva]] and [[Parvathi]] while ''Mallupuranamu'' is a Telugu work on the Malla community, the only one of its kind. ''Brhannayika Dandakamu'' is a Telugu poem on Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman and is considered to be Venkanna's best composition.<br />
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=== Tondaman Vamsavali ===<br />
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The literary work for which Venkanna is most popular in the ''Tondaman Vamsavali'', a 333 line poem on the history of the Tondaiman dynasty of Pudukkottai. Published in 1914, the vamsavali is considered to be the most comprehensive source of history on Pudukkottai.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=The southern school in Telugu literature|pages=55–57|first=N. Venkata|last=Rao|publisher=[[University of Madras]]|year=1978}}<br />
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