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R. VENKATASIVUDU

                         Formerly Principal,  V.R. College, Nellore.
         A complete edition of Kridabhiramam is now published for the first time with a masterly introduction by the well -known Telugu sdholar and critic, Mr.V. Prabhakara Sastry of Madras. The Editor has taken much pains to show thatr athe real author of the poem is Srinadha, the great Telugu poet of the me3dieval times. There is considerable force in his argument which is mainly based on internal evidence, and it is to be trusted that Telugu scholars will  duly appreciate it.  Meanwhile, it may be stated that literary circles in the poem itself.  Whether it is a mere translation of a great sanskrit work by an obscure Telugu poet, or an original production  of the great Srinadha, the poem is a unique one.  It has much literary merit.  Its choice diction, bold metaphors, bristling wit, of a master poet.  It is therefore no wonder the learned editor should come to the conclusion that the poem was written by the great Telugu poet of the time.  But to the modern reader the poem is even more of social than of literary interest.  It is a running commentary on contemporaneous social life in the Andhra Country.
    The poem is a vildhl, a species of the Indian Drama which has for its object the presentation of pen-pictures of street scenes.  Two young gallants, Manchana and Tittibha, set out on a pleasure trip to Warangal, the capital of Andhra Desa.  The one is a cultural fashion-