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The first treatise on Telugu grammar (Telugu: వ్యాకరణము, romanized: vyākaraṇamu), the Andhra Shabda Chintamani (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర శబ్ద చింతామణి, romanized: Āndhra śabda cintāmaṇi) was written in Sanskrit by Nannayya, who is considered the first poet (ādikavi) and grammarian of the Telugu ...
Vishnu told Appa-kavi that next morning, a Brahmin from Matanga Hill would visit him and give him a copy of Nannaya's work. Vishnu asked Appa-kavi to elaborate Nannaya's work in Telugu language. Appa-kavi's maternal relatives, who included noted authors, convinced him to write the book. He then composed Appakavīyamu, and dedicated the book to ...
Vavilikolanu Subba Rao also regularly participated in Avadhana programmes. [citation needed]He had written a Telugu grammar book- Vyakarana Sarvaswam in three volumes. [4] He had also written Bhagavad Gita in Dwipada verse for easy and better understanding of laymen as well as students.
Bha (𑂦) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Siddhaṃ letter Bha . Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.
His thesis Telugu Verbal Bases (1961) is the first comprehensive account of comparative Dravidian phonology and derivational morphology of verbal bases in Dravidian from the standpoint of Telugu. His comprehensive grammar on koṃḍa or Kūbi is a monumental work in the area of non-literary Dravidian languages. [ 8 ]
Nannaya was the first to establish a formal grammar of written Telugu. This grammar followed the patterns which existed in grammatical treatises like Aṣṭādhyāyī and Vālmīkivyākaranam but unlike Pāṇini, Nannayya divided his work into five chapters, covering samjnā, sandhi, ajanta, halanta and kriya.[14]
Avadhanis are respected for their abilities to spin out verses conforming to Telugu grammar on literally any subject that audience may throw at them, as a challenge. He has conducted more than 288 avadhanams, including Dvigunita Avadhanam at Dallas for the American Telugu Association in 2002.
There are separate Telugu equivalents for the English words 'letter' and 'syllable'. The first one is namu (letter). This is the basic 'letter' of the Telugu in the alphabets, and is called varṇa-samāmnāya. There are 56 varṇa-samāmnāya in Telugu. The equivalent for 'syllable' in Telugu is akṣaramu. 'Syllable' is often defined as the ...