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Source: archive.org: The Relation Between Tamil And Classical Sanskrit Literature

The Telugu Palnāṭivīracaritra concerns the story of the king of Palnāḍu, an area in Andhra Pradesh. It is supposed to have been written by Śrīnātha in the fifteenth century. While it does use Sanskrit words to some extent, it is not in any way derived from a Sanskrit genre. Rather, it is a literary retelling of an oral folk tale that is still being sung by the low-caste bards of Andhra Pradesh. As such, it represents a purely Dravidian story narrated with Dravidian techniques and conventions that go back in a continuous line to the megalithic culture of the first millenium B.C. and to the oral literary traditions of that culture of which the lowest castes were the custodians. These Dravidian ele- ments may have been embellished here and there by fancy words and even conventions taken from Sanskrit, but the work as a whole is quite alien to the Sanskrit tradition.

Source: archive.org: Syllables of the Sky Studies in South Asia

Palnāṭivīracaritra, an oral ballad raised to a literary standard, was ascribed to a medieval poet, Śrīnātha (c. fifteenth century AD), but it still continues to be recited orally (Roghair 1982). Many of the epic songs sung by educated classes underwent change, being recomposed by literary persons in medieval and modern times.

Source: Shodhganga: Economic and social conditions of Telangana A D 1000-1323

The Palnāṭivīracaritra refers tovīranāyakas of different communities that took part in the battle of Kārempūḍi. See srinatha, Palnātīvīracaritra (Vijayawada, 1961), pp. 297-298.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Partial matches: Viracaritra.

Full-text: Vaishnavism.

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