संस्कृतकीर्तनानि- Sanskrit Krities of Sadguru Tyagaraja

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Sanskrit Academy, previously published two books dealing with the classical music. They are 1. Sangithachandra of Shuklapandita (Vipradasa) edited by Mahamahopadhyaya Pullela Sri Ramachandrudu and 2. Krities of Sadashivabrahmendra with English notes by Prof Penna Madhusudan. This second book was published by Prof K. Kamala the then director of Sanskrit Academy. And now we are bringing out Sanskrit Krities of Tyagaraja with English translation by Smt Suraparaju Latha. Dr Smt Suraparaju Ramadevi made a thorough study of these Sanskrit Krities of tyagaraja. She studied Sanskrit Sahitya Shastra and Advaita Vedanta and also Valmiki Ramayana, Adhyatma Ramayana, Ramayana kalpavriksham and Potana's Bhagavatam in Telugu. I thank Suraparaju Latha for writing beautiful English translation and Dr Ramadevi who made this book ready for publication.

Karnatatic music derives its name from the circumstance that South Indian music substantially in its present form was known to have flourished in Diogiri the capital city of the Yadavas in the Middle Ages and that after the sack and plunder of the city by Muslims it took shelter on the banks of Tungabhadra where during the prosperous era of the Karnatic empire of Vijayanagar under the reign of Krishnadevaraya. It underwent such through systematization and refinement in the hands of Sri Purandaradasa that in the main it has remained unaltered up to the present day.

Tyagaraja was a great musical genius who composed devotional krities in Telugu and Sanskrit. Though his primary focus was on Indian traditional classical music karņāțakasangīta, he was also greatly skilled poet. He, being a great devotee of Sri Ramachandra and acquainted with knowledge of various shsatras, added a very amazing charm to his compositions. He had good command over Śrīmadvālmīkirāmāyaņa, Śrīmadbhagavad gita, Mahabharata and Sahityshastra in Sanskrit. Hence his Krities were renowned for their poetic excellence, noble ideas, and authoritative use of literary techniques which were seen in the poetry of Valmilki, Vyasa, Kalidasa and Bhavabhuti in Sanskrit and Potana Mahakavi in Telugu. Tyagaraja displayed hefty poetic talent with evocative language within the scope of a Väggeyakāra. He drew inspiration from the works of great poets and was considered competent in Telugu and Sanskrit. His two musical plays Prahladabhaktavijayam and Naukācaritam provide evidence of his command on various poetic forms in Telugu.