Simhadri Narasimha Satakam (

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: సింహాద్రి నారసింహ శతకము) is a compilation of Telugu poems by Gogulapati Kurmanatha Kavi in the 18th century. He wrote the

Satakam Sathakam is a Telugu literary piece of art. The name derives from ''Sata'', which means a ''hundred'' in Sanskrit. Sathakam usually comprises a hundred poems (give or take). Hence, a Sathakam is a volume (book) of hundred poems.It is one of the mo ...

extempore in praise of Lord Varaha Narasimha of

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Author

Gogulapati Kurmanatha Kavi was a Brahmin, born to Buchanna and Gauramamba. He has two brothers Venkanna and Kamanna. He was born in

Vizianagaram district Vizianagaram district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters located at Vizianagaram. The district was once the part of ancient Kalinga.Saripilli Dibbilingeswara te ...

near Ramatirtham around 1720. After primary education he joined Vizianagaram Samsthanam as temple servant and posted at Ramatirtham, Padmanabham, Simachalam and Srikurmam. He was the Court (Asthana) poet of First Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju of Vizianagaram and wrote ''Mrutyunjaya Vilasam'', ''Simhadri Narasimha Satakam'', ''Lakshminarayana Samvadam'' and ''Sundarimani Satakam''. He used to live in Devupalli village in his last days and died in 1790. Adidam Surakavi and Chatrati Lakshminarasimha Kavi are his contemporaries.

Publications

* It was initially published by Andhra Vignana Samithi, Vizianagaram in 1941 with detailed foreword by Sriman Kari Narayanacharulu. * It was published first time by Simhachalam Devasthanam on 30 December 1962 with detailed analysis and foreword written by Pantula Lakshmi Narayana Sastry, head of Telugu department, Maharajah Sanskrit College, Vizianagaram. * It was published second time by Simhachalam Devasthanam on 5 December 1983 with foreword by T.P. Sriramchandracharya, head of Telugu department, Mrs.A.V.N.College, Visakhapatnam.

References

* Sri Simhadri Narasimha Satakam, Sri Gogulapati Kurmanatdha Kavi, Published by Simhachalam Devasthanam, Visakhapatnam. {{DEFAULTSORT:Satakam, Simhadri Narasimha Telugu-language literature Indian poetry collections 18th-century poems