A shataka (Sanskrit: शतकम्, romanized: śatakam) is a genre of Sanskrit literature.1 It comprises works that contain one hundred verses.23 It is also a popular genre of Telugu literature.4
Etymology
The Sanskrit word śatakam means one hundred.5
Literature
- Dayashataka by Vedanta Desika
- Andhra Nayaka Satakam by Kasula Purushottama Kavi6
- Dasarathi Satakam by Kancherla Gopanna (Ramadasu) 7
- Subhashita Trisati (three sets of hundred) by Bhartṛhari
- Vrushadhipa Satakam by Palkuriki Somanatha
- Vyaja Ninda by Kasula Purushottama Kavi
- Hamsaladeevi Gopala Satakam by Kasula Purushottama Kavi
- Manasa bodha Satakam by Kasula Purushottama Kavi
- Bhakta Kalpadruma Satakam by Kasula Purushottama Kavi
- Sumathi Satakam by Baddena Bhupaludu
- Kalahastisvara Satakamu by Dhurjati
References
References
- Lienhard, Siegfried (1984). A History of Classical Poetry: Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-447-02425-9.
- Alphonso-Karkala, John B. (1971). An Anthology of Indian Literature. Penguin. p. 463. ISBN 978-0-14-021248-8.
- Blackburn, Anne M. (2020-07-21). Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture. Princeton University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-691-21587-7.
- Siva's Warriors: The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha. Princeton University Press. 2014-07-14. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4008-6090-6.
- Vemsani, Lavanya (2018-07-26). Modern Hinduism in Text and Context. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-350-04509-5.
- Śrīnivās, Śiṣṭlā (2007). The Body as Temple: Erotica from Telugu (2nd Century B.C. to 21st Century A.D.). Drusya Kala Deepika. p. 144.
- Rādhākr̥ṣṇaśarma, Callā (1973). The Ramayana in Telugu and Tamil: A Comparative Study. Lakshminarayana Granthamala. p. 160.