{"product_id":"god-on-the-hill-temple-poems-from-tirupati-paperback","title":"God on the Hill: Temple Poems from Tirupati - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnamayya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVelcheru Narayana Rao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Shulman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe devotional poems of Annamaya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. Annamaya effectively created and popularized a new genre, the short padam song, which spread throughout the Telugu and Tamil regions and would become an important vehicle for the composition of Carnatic music - the classical music of South India. In this book, Rao and Shulman offer translations of 150 of Annamaya's poems. All of them are addressed to the god associated with the famous temple city of Tirupati-Annamaya's home-a deity who is sometimes referred to as \"god on the hill\" or \"lord of the seven hills.\" The poems are couched in a simple and accessible language invented by Annamaya for this purpose. Rao and Shulman's elegant and lyrical modern translations of these beautiful and moving verses are wonderfully readable as poetry in their own right, and will be of great interest to scholars of South Indian history and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVelcheru Narayana Rao\u003c\/strong\u003e is Krishan Devaraya Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Shulman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.18 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751427801376,"sku":"9780195182842","price":76.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/41b689946e3311c248e745a39cd12852.webp?v=1779972934","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/god-on-the-hill-temple-poems-from-tirupati-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}