Ramayana Kalpavruksham

{{Short description|Telugu-language epic poetry work}}

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| author = Viswanatha Satyanarayana

| title_orig = శ్రీమద్రామాయణ కల్పవృక్షము

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| country = India

| language = Telugu

| genre = Epic poetry

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• Jnanpith Award (1970)

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Srimadramayana Kalpavrukshamu ({{Translation|Holy Ramayana, the Wish-fulfilling Divine Tree}}), commonly referred to as Ramayana Kalpavruksham, is an Indian Telugu-language epic poetry work written by Viswanatha Satyanarayana.{{Cite book |last=Bhrugubanda |first=Uma Maheswari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsLADwAAQBAJ&dq=Ramayana+Kalpavruksham&pg=PT62 |title=Deities and Devotees: Cinema, Religion, and Politics in South India |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-909327-4 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Sinhā |first=Madhubālā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6QpAQAAIAAJ&q=Ramayana+Kalpavruksham |title=Encyclopaedia of South Indian Literature |date=2009 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-261-3740-4 |pages=11 |language=en}} It is a Telugu rendering of Valmiki's Ramayana. In 1970, Satyanarayana won India's highest literary award, Jnanpith Award for the book.{{Cite book |last1=Rāmārāvu |first1=Esvī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E48OAAAAYAAJ&q=Ramayana+Kalpavruksham |title=The Evolution of Telugu Literary Criticism |last2=Rao |first2=S. V. Rama |date=1990 |publisher=Pasidi Prachuranalu |pages=36 |language=en}} He became the first Telugu writer to receive the Jnanpith Award through this work.{{cite magazine |date=25 July 2003 |title=The Jnanpith Award: All the past awardees from 1965 to now. |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-jnanpith-award/220855 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611135156/http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-jnanpith-award/220855 |archive-date=11 June 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 |magazine=Outlook India}}{{Cite news |date=2013-04-25 |title=Staying true to life |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/staying-true-to-life/article4653446.ece |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-04-18 |title=Ravuri Bharadwaja — A simple man with simple narrative |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/ravuri-bharadwaja-a-simple-man-with-simple-narrative/article64979696.ece |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Business Line |language=en}}

Ramayana Kalpavruksham is considered to be the magnum opus of Viswanatha Satyanarayana and one of the most prominent works of modern Telugu literature.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xdq1AAAAIAAJ&q=Ramayana+Kalpavruksham |title=Telugu Culture |date=1981 |publisher=International Telugu Institute |pages=70 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Subrahmanyam |first=G. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RHsAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A3+%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%83%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%82 |title=Abhinava lōcanaṃ: sāhitya vyāsa saṅkalanaṃ |date=1983 |publisher=Yuvabhārati |pages=92, 94 |language=te}}{{Cite web |last=సుప్రసన్నాచార్య |first=కోవెల |date=2018-05-01 |title=కల్పవృక్షము – ఆధునికేతిహాసము |url=https://sanchika.com/kalpavrukshamu-adhuniketihasamu/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Sanchika |language=te}}{{Cite book |last=Suprasannācārya |first=Kōvela |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8B9FAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A3+%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%83%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%82 |title=Viśvanātha mārgamu |date=1992 |publisher=Śrīvāṇī Pracuraṇalu |language=te}} The book written in traditional metre and style is considered a neo-traditionalist work of 20th century Telugu literature.{{Cite book |last=Rani |first=K. Suneetha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtpGEAAAQBAJ&dq=Ramayana+Kalpavruksham&pg=PT17 |title=Critical Discourse in Telugu |date=2021 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-47044-4 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Natarajan |first1=Nalini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&dq=Ramayana+Kalpavruksham&pg=PA328 |title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India |last2=Nelson |first2=Emmanuel Sampath |date=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-28778-7 |pages=312 |language=en}} Satyanarayana followed Valmiki in the narration of the story, but made some alterations to the characters and their motivations.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_gvAQAAMAAJ&q=Ramayana+Kalpavruksham |title=Indian Literature |date=1963 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |pages=136 |language=en}}