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Basking in Telugu pride: The sweetness and greatness of Telugu

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Post by Guest Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:03 am

The sweetness of Telugu continues to linger on as the valediction was marked by averse extracted from the works of the legendary poet, Subramania Bharathi who wrote:

"Sindhu nadiyi nissai nilavinile
cherana natyilam pengaludane
sundara Telunginil paatisaithu
thonihal voti vilayadi varuvom"

(Translation: In moonlight, let us go boating alone in the Sindh river with Kerala women singing songs in melodious Telugu) ...

Quoting the Vijayanagara ruler, Sri Krishnadevaraya, she goes on:

"Yella nrupula golva
erugave basadi
desa bhasha landu
Telugu lessah"

(When loosely translated, it means that Telugu emerged as the sweetest of all languages after a thorough debate over the subject among rulers of different dynasties) ...

Recalling the words of Nicolo Konte, the Italian ambassador who called Telugu " the Italian of the East ", Rao said the foreign dignitary had rightly discovered that there was no match to the greatness of Telugu. Appayya Deekshitar, a 16th century Sanskrit scholar, had rightly pointed out, "Andhratvam Andhra bhashacha na alpasya tapasah phalamh (The language and culture of Andhras cannot be mastered by exercising austerities).

http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/02/26/stories/2005022603310100.htm

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Could someone offer a better translation of the telugu words "Andhratvam Andhra bhashacha na alpasya tapasah phalamh" ? Thanks.

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