Vemana
{{Short description|Vemana, A Telugu Poet}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Vemana
| nickname =
| image =Stamp of India - 1972 - Colnect 372281 - 300th Birth Anniv of Vemana - Poet.jpeg
| caption = Vemana on a postal stamp
| birth_date = {{circa|1652}}
| birth_place = Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}
| death_place = Katarupalli Village near Kadiri Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh
| occupation = Achala Yogi, Poet, Social Reformer
| notable_works = vemana satakam
| signature =
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Vemana, popularly known as Yogi Vemana, was an Indian philosopher and poet in the Telugu language. His poems are known for their use of simple language and native idioms. They discuss the subjects of yoga, wisdom and morality.
Early life and background
There is no consensus among scholars about the period in which Vemana lived. C.P. Brown, known for his research on Vemana, estimates his year of birth to be 1652 based on some of his verses. Various sources say he was born in the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth centuries and eighteenth centuries {{cite book|last=Jackson|first=William Joseph|title=Vijayanagara voices: exploring South Indian history and Hindu literature|year=2004|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|isbn=978-0-7546-3950-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PxvDNBc4qwUC&pg=PA112e|page=112}}
Vemana was a Vedic scholar and a great yogi in achala sidhantha.{{Cite web|title=Vemana Community|url=https://wiki.indiancine.ma/wiki/Yogi%20Vemana|website=Indian Cinema Wiki}}
Vemana was born in Gandikota, Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
Death
There is a headstone marking the grave of Yogi Vemana in Katarupalli (Kadiri town), a village in Kadiri taluk, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. It is widely believed that Vemana died in this village. As he was a yogi, he was buried and not cremated.
Poetic style
Many lines of Yogi Vemana's poems are now colloquial phrases of the Telugu language. They end with the signature line Viswadaabhi Raama Vinura Vema, literally "Beloved of Viswada, listen Vema." There are multiple interpretations of what the last line signifies.
Vemana's poems were collected and published by Brown in the 19th century.Brown, C.P. (1829). [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vov/ Verse of Vemana: Translated from the Telugu]. His poems follow various themes: social, moral, satirical and mystical. Most of them are in Ataveladi (dancing lady) meter.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
Films
- Yogi Vemana, a 1947 Telugu film directed by K. V. Reddy, starring V. Nagayya.
- Sri Vemana Charitra, another Telugu film, released in 1986 and directed by C. S. Rao, starring Vijayachander.
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/VemanaYogi-AchalaParipurnaRajayogaSiddhantamu [Dr. Sridhar Rapelli, New York]]
- [https://archive.org/details/VemanaYogiAndVarnaVyavastha Vemana Yogi - Varna Vyavastha, Dr. Sridhar Rapelli, Commentator- 2002]
- [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vov/ Verses of Vemana - English Translation by C.P.Brown]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56f_RX-jS4&feature=player_detailpage#t=65 The story of Vemana] told by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.
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