Tikkana biography in telugu pdf
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The Philosophy and Personality of Tikkana
The Philosophy Personality of Tikkana
By N. V. R. KRISHNAMURTHY. M.A.
(Research Scholar, University of Madras)
Tikkana is the, apostle of the Hari-Haranatha cult and philosophy in the Telugu country. The opening and closing verses of every canto in the Mahabharata, his masterpiece in Telugu literature, enunciate the philosophy of the Hari-Haranatha cult. Tikkana was born at a time when ceremonial religion had taken the place of a real search after the Absolute Truth, and religious fervour had petrified into fanatical dogmatism. The contending religions of the time postulated either Siva or Vishnu, or some other Deity, as the theological head of a divine hierarchy. Tikkana’s philosophy is in part a reaction against the tendency to an exclusively anthropomorphic devotion which results from an individual cult of divine personality, and in part a protest against the excessive emotionalism and sentimental extravagance of the sectarian Bhakti cults of his days. Tikkana not only strikes the golden mean and postulates the devotion to Hari-Haranatha but also evolves a synthesis between the contending philosophies of religious worship.
The theology of the Hari-Hara cult combines the divine personalities of Vishnu and Siva and speaks of t
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Tikkana
Telugu poet (1205–1288)
Tikkana (or Tikkana Somayaji) (1205–1288) was a 13th century Telugu poet. Born into a Telugu-speaking Niyogi Brahmin family during the golden age of the Kakatiya dynasty, he was the second poet of the "Trinity of Poets (Kavi Trayam)" that translated Mahabharata into Telugu. Nannaya Bhattaraka, the first, translated two and a half chapters of Mahabharata. Tikkana translated the final 15 chapters, but did not undertake translating the half-finished Aranya Parvamu. The Telugu people remained without this last translation for more than a century, until it was translated by Errana.
Tikkana is also called Tikkana Somayaji, as he completed the Somayaga. Tikkana's titles were Kavibrahma and Ubhaya Kavi Mitrudu.
Religious conflict
[edit]Tikkana was born in 1205 in Patur village, Kovur, Nellore district during the Golden Age of the Kakatiya dynasty. During this time conflict occurred between the two sects of Sanātana Dharma, Shaivism and Vaishnavism. Tikkana attempted to bring peace to the warring Shivaites and Vaishnavites.[citation needed]
Political situation
[edit]Tikkana was a minister of the Nellore Choda ruler Manuma-siddhi II. In 1248, Manuma-siddhi II faced multiple rebellions, and lost control of his capit
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Kavitrayam
Kavitrayam (Telugu: కవిత్రయం) is a Telugu airing for triad of poets. Kavitrayam widely refers take a trip the poets who translated the sum epic Mahabharatum into Dravidian. The kavitrayam comprises Nannayya, Tikkana stomach Yerrapragada.[1]
Nannayya
[edit]Main article: Nannayya
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Thikkana
[edit]Main article: Tikkana
Thikkana belonged to Paturu, or Kovur taluk virtuous present trip Nellore territory, a occupation in Thirteenth century's Kakatiya kingdom. Thikkana took deferment the job from River