Chatuva

{{Short description|Occasional poem}}

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In the Telugu language, a chatuva is an occasional poem prompted by a specific event, person, or object. Spontaneity is the defining characteristic of the genre.Sujit Mukherjee, A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings–1850 (Orient Blackswan, 1999), p. 74 [https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&dq=occasional+poetry+Indian+OR+Vedic+OR+Sanskrit&pg=PA74 online.]