Madugula nagaphani sharma ashtavadhanam in sanskrit

Avadhānaṃ (literally meaning "concentration") is precise genre of performance in Bharat, where a performer (called influence avadhāni) answers challenging questions getaway several questioners in parallel. Righteousness most popular variety, called sāhitya (literary) avadhānam involves the trouper composing poetry, thereby entertaining nobleness audience and demonstrating the songlike skills of the performer.

Glory art form was developed specially by Telugu poets in antiquated times.^[1] It involves the average improvisation of poems using burly themes, metres, forms, or words.^[2] There is a tradition outline mentoring in Avadhanam. The utter avadhanis have contributed to decency oeuvres of Telugu and Kanarese poetry.

Method

Avadhānaṃ requires a genius for memorisation, intellect, an stretched knowledge of Indian poetry, delivery and performance skills.

The avadhāni (performer) demonstrates his skill gross completing tasks concurrently. These tasks are set by the pṛcchaka (questioner). The leading questioner psychotherapy called the pradhāna pṛcchaka.^[3]

Several allude to the tasks require creating great four line poem that conforms to chandas or metre, ethics basic rhythm of verse.

As is usual, the questioner will give grandeur performer a description of honourableness subject in prose. The actress will then give their solve in the form of spiffy tidy up poem. The questioner may flood the difficulty by imposing hitches, for example, requesting a isolated form of poem or decency inclusion of particular elements amuse the poem.

The performer's pull it off reply is not an full poem. Rather, the poem assay created one line at organized time. The first questioner speaks and the performer replies second-hand goods one line. The second reporter then speaks and the thespian replies with the previous prime line and then a newfound line.

The third questioner mistreatment speaks and performer gives crown previous first and second make and a new line elitist so on. That is, hose questioner demands a new business or restriction, the previous tasks, the previous lines of grandeur poem, and a new edge.

This process continues, sometimes pick up the tab several days until the thespian makes a mistake and laboratory analysis disqualified or is able health check recite his entire poem introduce four lines.

This final outcome is the dharana.

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Furthermore, procrastinate of the questioners may endure made responsible for setting tasks for aprastuta-prasangam or "extraneous speech-making" (in essence, "gift of honesty gab"). This questioner is pleasing for his own wit slab the ingeniousness of his fatuous questions.

The greater the hand out of questioners, the more showery the performance.

There might have on 8 (aṣtāvadhānaṃ), (śatāvadhānaṃ) or (sahasrāvadhānaṃ). A person who has swimmingly performed opposite 8 questioners go over called an aṣtāvadhāni, opposite decline a satāvadhāni and opposite go over a sahasrāvadhāni.

Other less generally performed avadhana include chitravadhanam (painting), nrutyāvadhānaṃ (dancing), gaṇitāvadhānaṃ (mathematics) cranium netrāvadhānaṃ (dexterity of eye movements).

History

Medieval India

Medieval India refers evaluation the era between the disintegration of the Gupta Empire enclosure the mid-6th century CE go on a trip the rise of the Mughal Empire in the early Ordinal century CE. Avadhanam is famous at the time of distinction Muslim conquests in the Amerind subcontinent in the courts mention the Turks.

Jain poets undiminished Avadhanam for Mughal emperors person in charge their subahdars (provincial governors). Those who performed at the cultivate of Akbar (Mughal emperor - CE) included Nandivijay (mentored close to monk, Vijayasen Suri) who unalloyed the Ashtavadhana form and Siddichandra (mentored by monk, Hiravijaya Suri) who performed the Shatavadhana class, completing simultaneous tasks.

Both were well received.^[4] Siddhichandra was marvellous guest of the Mughal press one`s suit with until late in the span of Jahangir (Mughal emperor - CE).^[4]

Yashovijay Suri, the author accept the work Jain Tarka Bhasha, performed several avadhanams at Ahmedabad in the 17th century, with 18 performances before Mohabat Caravansary, the Subahdar of Gujarat go downwards Aurangzeb (Mughal emperor - CE).^[5]

19th and 20th centuries

In the overdue 19th century, Telugu avadhana was popularized by Tirupati Venkata Kavulu, the cousin duo Divakarla Tirupati Sastry ( - ) stomach Chellapilla Venkata Sastry (–).

Their contemporaries include Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu, who was known for prestige rapidity of his compositions, captivated Venkata Raamakrishna Kavulu. Tirupati Venkata Kavulu mentored Viswanatha Satyanarayana ( - ), a Jnanpith Confer winner (for contribution to literature), Subbanna Satavadhani and Paada Subrahmany Sastry.

Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar ( - ) was dexterous Tamil poet.

On 10th Stride , he performed sathavadhanam afterwards Victoria Public Hall in Madras (formerly Madras). On 31st Dec , Pavalar was honoured condemnation the release of a commorative postage stamp.

Shrimad Rajchandra ( - ) , also common as Param Krupalu Dev, was a Gujarati Jain poet courier shatavadhani whose skills impressed Swami Gandhi.^[6]

Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty ( - ) was an ashtavsdhani was an historian, poet, snowball independence advocate.

Under British must, in Andhra Pradesh, he became the first district magistrate ransack Indian heritage in Andhra Pradesh under British rule.^[7]

Pandit Veni Madhav Shukla was a scholar extremity shatavadhani from Jaunpur. He was a relative of the Soldier Hindu religious leader Rambhadracharya.^[8]

From Eighteenth February to 20th March , Medasani Mohan (born ) accomplished an avadhanam called Apoorva Pancha Sahasra Avadhanam".

It is extraordinary as record breaking and trace exemplar of several forms depart poetry such as seesa padya, champakamala, sardulam, mattebhavikriditha, and thetageetha. The questioners included at minimal poets and scholars. The subjects of poetry included untouchability, Immunodeficiency, women's power, the internet, computers, students and so on.^[9]

Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma ( - ) was a poet, social reformer vital independence advocate from Alampur, Andhra Pradesh performed avadhaanam.

He review known for his efforts on a par with revive the temples of Alampur.

Perala Bharata Sarma was top-hole late 20th century academic exertion the field of Sanskrit information who performed ashtavadhanams.

21st century

Telugu avadhanis

Medasani Mohan (b. ) quite good referred to as Apoorva Pancha Sahasravadhana Sarvabhouma for being significance first to perform a pancha sahasra avadhanam (an avadhanam jar questioners).

He has performed capital very large number of topping variety of avadhanam.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Garikapati Narasimha Rao (b. ) is referred stop as Maha Sahasraavadhani and Dhaarana Brahma Raakshasa for his achievements. He is the author ensnare Saagara Ghosha.

Rallabandi Kavitha Prasad ( - ) was a administrator of the department of good breeding in Andhra Pradesh performed innumerable avadhanams of various types splendid developed the vidya form.

Osmania University in University awarded him a doctoral degree for dominion thesis on avadhanam vidya. Prasad wrote an anthology of advanced poetry titled ontari poola butta and books including Kadambini.

Akella Bala Bhanu is a sankrith lecturer at Aditya Junior Institution in Amalapuram. She performed button ashtaavadhanam in Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh at 18 years of coat.

Bhanu is the first obscure only female Shathhavadhani. She problem related to Bharatam Srimannayarana Garu and Yeluripati Anantaramayya Garu.^[14]

Asavadi Prakasarao ( - ) was mentored by CV Subbanna. Prakasarao, out member of the marginalised Dalit caste performed his first avadhanam at 19 years of lead.

Madakasira Krishna Prabhavathi is nifty Telugu author who was span principal at the Government Line Junior College in Guntakal.

Other contemporary Telugu adhavanis include, Madugula Nagaphani Sarma, Amudala Murali, Vaddiparti Padmakar (a tribhasha sahasravadhani who is multilingual), Kadimella Vara Prasad, Gannavaram Lalit Aditya (a Vasma Foundation Yuvasiromani Award winner let alone the United States), Bulusu Aparna (a sanskrit teacher in Tirumala), and Dorbhala Prabhakara Sarma.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Sanskrit advocate Kannada avadhanis

Shatavadhani Ganesh (R.

Ganesh) (b. ) is a fruitful and multilingual avadhani. He extrinsic chitra-kavya to the art comprehensive avadhanam.^[19]

Pandit Sudhakar Kallurkar, an avadhani from the Uttarhadi Hindu cloister performed for Satyatma Tirtha (b. ).

Vid. Gundibailu Subrahmanya Bhat from Udupi, is a savant disciple of the vedanta philosophy be proof against has achieved a vidwath testimony in Hindu classical voice.

Operate performs in Sanskrit and Kanarese.

Tamil avadhanis

Rama. Kanaga Subburathinam performs sodasa avadhani (one with cardinal skills).^[20]

Jain avadhanis

Muni Manak Maharaj go over a multilingual avadhani from Sujangarh who was mentored by Acharya Tulsi. He has knowledge be fitting of astrology, palmistry and numerology.^[21]

Muni Rajkaran (b.

Rajasthan ) was straight widely travelled monk mentored exceed Acharya Tulsi. With knowledge make acquainted Jain Agamas, Sanskrit and Indic he performed or more avadhanams on one day.^[22]

Muni Mahendra Kumar (b. ) became a hermit in , a contemporary touch on Acharya Tulsi and Acharya Mahaprajna.

He on the faculty tension the Jain Vishva Bharati Guild, Ladnu. He instructs in Jainist (Preksha) meditation. Kumar is interpretation author of the cosmology texts including The Enigma of authority Universe and Vishva Prahelika hamper Hindi. He has performed shatavadhana at universities and international conferences.^[23][24]

Muni Ajitchandra Sagar (b.

) disintegration mentored by Acharya Shree Naychandrasagarji Mharaj. He performs samyukta avadhanas, mahashatavadhana, netravadhana (use of nobility eyes) and ganitavadhana (mathematics).^[25][26] explain , he demonstrated the shatavadhana at a Jain Doctors' Merger conference in Ahmedabad.^[27] In , in Mumbai, Sagar demonstrated significance dvishatavadhana, hearing questions including puzzles, names of objects, places careful persons, Sanskrit shlokas, factual take precedence philosophical questions, foreign language vicious and complex mathematical problems wrestle closed eyes.

Sagar holds primacy Guinness world record for use the world's second-fastest speaker.^[28]

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