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 Sivanath Mamilla

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 Rayaprolu subbarao

Abhinava Nannaya.

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• Who Inspired Andhras in Patriotism. Your
nation’—thus sang Rayaprolu Subba Rao
whose spirit-stirring lines have inspired
Andhras to the heights of noble patriotism

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• A Tribute to Rayaprolu on the occasion of his Jayanti on 13th March.
‘What ever be the nation
You visit
Whatever be the land
You set your foot upon
Whatever seat of honour
You grace
Hail your motherland Bharathi
Hold aloft and in full
The self-respect
Of
Your nation’—thus sang Rayaprolu Subba Rao whose spirit-stirring
lines have inspired Andhras to the heights of noble patriotism

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• A pure romanticist and idealist, he proclaimed that ‘one’s
motherland is verily one’s own paradise and its language is
fecund enough to express all subtle nuances of human
thought and feeling.
• A genuine aesthete, he conceived of an ideal platonic love
unstained by the touch of sensual passions and cravings.
• To him, human life is an ideal, an aspiration and a
fulfillment.
• He looked upon romantic love as a spiritual companionship
, regarded love as an expression of an all-embracing divine
compassion , felt that beauty is something inward and
spiritual and equated it with ‘Ananda’(beatitude).

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• Rayaprolu was a multi-faceted genius and versatile scholar of
encyclopedic range.
• He delved deep into Sanskrit literature and imbibed the vedantic
wisdom embedded in the classics.
• Prominent English romantic poets like Keats, Shelley and
Wordsworth profoundly influenced his mental makeup and poetic
development and he carved out a niche for himself as a worthy
precursor of the later day romantic poets like Devulapalli, Nanduri
Subba Rao etal.
• The mystical world of Tagore enthralled him,while eminent scholars
like Nandalal Bose,Andrew pearson and V Bhattacharya whetted his
intellectual powers.
• His unique concept’’Amalina Sringara’ emanated from his in depth
study of Vaishnava literature and he elevated it as one ‘pure, self-
effacing and spiritual in word, deed and thought.

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• Infact, Rayaprolu and Gurajada Appa Rao represented two
major facets of Telugu literature.
• While Gurajada made a multi-pronged attack on cussed
customs, religious obscurantism,snobbish intellectuality
and hypocrisy, Rayaprolu ,the peerless romanticist focused
on the inner world of the individual,pleaded for
harmony,love and understanding and called for the
efflorescence of ethical values in society.
• .An ardent admirer of the glorious traditions, he upheld the
rich heritage of our ancient land in his literary classics.
• In brief, Gurajada was a revolutionary while Rayaprolu was
a reformist and an idealist.

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• Like all romanticists of yore, he imbued his poems
with brilliance of fancy,
portrayal of splendorous nature, sensitive
depiction of the buoyancy of youth and its
longings and aspirations.
• He always characterized his heroes as votaries of
beauty an love while his heroines are benevolent
preceptors, friends and philosophers.
• To Rayaprolu,man is a love-lorn aesthete,while
woman is an enlightened teacher preaching the
abiding values of life.
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• For instance, Lalitha In ‘Lalitha’is the very picture of unshakable
love.
• Anumathi expatiates on the ardour of love.The heroine
in’kastakamala’ expound ‘amalina sringara. ‘
• Rupa Navaneetham ‘ advocates an all-embracing spiritual love while
‘’Swapna kumaram’ counsels man to look upon woman as the
divine mother.
• Rayaprolu makes ‘’Swapna Sundari’ instruct the passion-bound
lover in the concepts of pure love and makes the lover in ‘’Thruna
kankanam’ discover the primacy of a pure platonic relationship.
• At the same time, Rayaprolu did not vegetate in the ivory towers of
romanticism. He was conscious of the still sad voice of humanity
and castigated such social evils as dowry in ‘’Snehalatha.’

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• Rayaprolu’s khandakavyas and translations are hailed as
masterpieces.
• His ‘ Jadakuchhulu’ ‘ Tenugu Thota,’Vana maala,Misra Manjari,and
‘Kanne patalu’ testify to his multi-faceted poetic fecundity.
• The theme of mortals thirsting for evanescent pleasures and the
utter futility of human vanities in their fragile life thrilled him into
translating Fitzgerald’s ‘Rubayat of Omar khayyam’ into ‘Madhu
Kalasam which the critics have hailed as a tour-de-force.
• The mighty philosophical composition ‘Saundarya Lahari’ of Sri Adi
Sankaracharya touched his spiritual self deeply and he translated it
Telugu with matchless devotional fervour. Viswa Kavi Tagore’s
impact on his poetic progress was no less profound.

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• His ‘Abhyardhana’ ‘Urvasi’ and ‘Vasantam’ show the spell of Tagore
on him.
• He pored over the great works of Vaalmiki,Kalidasa and Bhavabhuti
and assimilated their thought and brilliance of their poetic imagery.
• The universality of outlook of Iqbal,profundity of Rizal and
devotional intensity in Meera’s bhajans and the appealing folk
songs of Bengalis made an indelible impression on him.
• He recreated the marvelous grandeur of ‘Megha sandesa’in Telugu
and universalized the longings of Yaksha for his beloved.
• He represented a happy blend of Eastern and western influences.
‘His Lalitha’ is a Telugu adaptation of Goldsmith’s ‘Hermit’ while
‘Anumathi’ owes its origin to Lord Tennyson’s ‘ Dora’.
• Rayaprolu, in short ,is the Abhinava Nannayya of Telugus

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 wiki
• (1892–1984) was among the pioneers of modern
Telugu literature.
• He is known as Abhinava Nannaya.
• He was recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award to Telugu
Writers for his poeticwork Misra Manjari in 1965.
• He was inspired by the Western literary movement and
brought romanticism into Telugu literature by breaking
away from the traditional translations of Sanskrit
literature.
• He introduced the concept of "Amalina Shringara
Tatvamu" into Telugu literature.
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• Subbarao's literature is a mixture of Telugu Indian
culture and Western ideas.
• He brought Western romanticism especially English
lyric style to Telugu literature.
• However, he followed classical Sanskrit and Telugu
meter in his writings and he didn't abandon Sanskrit
Telugu form common language.
• His literature themes include sensual material, love of
• nature, patriotism, spirituality, humanitarianism and
social reforms.
• Sensuality, in general, may be divided into two kinds,
union and separation.
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• Rayaprolu preferred separation in his writings.
• In his first independent poem, Trunakankanamu,
Rayaprolu narrates love pangs of separation.
• The hero's lover marries another man and he
remains unmarried to suffer from the memories.
• By the end of the poem, hero's love transforms
into a platonic love and friendship.
• In this poem, Rayaprolu's heroin continues a
platonic relationship with the hero while married
to another man.

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• In Kastakamala, Kamala loves (platonic) two men.
• However, when one of them writes a love letter, she
commits suicide.
• Rayaprolu was a great patriot and Telugu nationalist.
• He praised the (past) greatness of Telugu warriors to
awaken the sleeping Telugu pride.
• Rayaprolu Subbarao defined Telugu romanticism and
began a new era in Telugu literature.
• His romantic literature is considered as the watershed
in Telugu literature for its modernity of themes such as
naturalism, rural life, platonic love, a sense of history,
libertarianism, patriotism, and fierce nationalism.
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