VEMANA. BY MAJOR R. M. MACDONALD, MADRAS 

 STAFF CORPS, 



^sfc£-&5gskiew. fj ie verses 0 j Vemana, Moral, Religious 

 and Satirical, translated by Charles Philip Brown of 

 the Madras Civil Service, Madras. Printed at the College 

 Press, 1829. 



TTN the whole range of Telugu literature there is perhaps 

 no author whose writings have attracted so much 

 notice among Europeans as those of Vemana. The Christian 

 divine carries on his warfare against heathenism with wea- 

 pons drawn from the armoury of this Hindoo moralist. The 

 young civilian makes, his acquaintance in going through the 

 course prescribed for the honorary reward. The teacher 

 finds him read in every school supported by Government* 

 The greatest living Telugu scholar has translated, and anno- 

 tated a large portion of his writings. 



The first edition of Vemana was published in 1829 by 

 Mr. C. P. Brown, who informs his readers that after col- 

 lating nine manuscripts, he succeeded in collecting about 

 2,000 stanzas, which he arranged in five divisions, religious, 

 moral, satirical, mystic and miscellaneous. The two last, 

 which constituted more than half the work were considered 

 by the compiler devoid of interest. Six hundred and ninety- 

 three stanzas selected from the first three 



Moral 0US 214 P ar ^ s were P^ted with an English trans- 

 Satirical 279 lation and notes. Mr. Brown published a 

 ' 693 second edition of Vemana in 1839. In this 



— edition, the translation and notes are omit- 



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