In the Telugu language, a chatuva is an occasional poem prompted by a specific event, person, or object. Spontaneity is the defining characteristic of the genre.[1]
References
- ↑ Sujit Mukherjee, A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings–1850 (Orient Blackswan, 1999), p. 74 online.
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