Vemana

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Vemana
Vemana on a postal stamp
Vemana on a postal stamp
Born17th century
Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India[citation needed]
DiedKatarupalli Village near Kadiri Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh
OccupationAchala Yogi, Poet, Social Reformer

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 background[]

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] //

Death[]

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 style[]

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 films[]

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

References[]

  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.
  3. ^ Brown, C.P. (1829). Verse of Vemana: Translated from the Telugu.

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