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'''Sakala-nīti-sammatamu''' ({{te|సకలనీతిసమ్మతము}}) is an [[anthology]] of Telugu poems by Madiki Singana.<ref name="Sakala-niti-sammatamu">{{cite book |author1=Velcheru Narayana Rao and Sanjay Subrahmanyam |editor=Richard M. Eaton |editor2=Munis D. Faruqui |editor3=David Gilmartin |editor4=Sunil Kumar |title=Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC&q=Sakala+niti+sammatamu&pg=PA174|location=New York |page=174 |accessdate=19 June 2020 |language=English |chapter=Notes on Political Thought in Medieval and Early Modern South India|isbn=9781107034280 }}</ref> It is about nīti or [[moral]]s in the society of Telugu country. The poet belongs to [[Gurijala Nayaks]] dynasty of 14th century A.D.
'''Sakala-nīti-sammatamu''' ({{Langx|te|సకలనీతిసమ్మతము}}) is an [[anthology]] of Telugu poems by Madiki Singana.<ref name="Sakala-niti-sammatamu">{{cite book |author1=Velcheru Narayana Rao and Sanjay Subrahmanyam |editor=Richard M. Eaton |editor2=Munis D. Faruqui |editor3=David Gilmartin |editor4=Sunil Kumar |title=Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC&q=Sakala+niti+sammatamu&pg=PA174|location=New York |page=174 |accessdate=19 June 2020 |language=English |chapter=Notes on Political Thought in Medieval and Early Modern South India|isbn=9781107034280 }}</ref> It is about nīti or [[moral]]s in the society of Telugu country. The poet belongs to [[Gurijala Nayaks]] dynasty of 14th century A.D.


Madiki Singana, the compiler was a poet appropriately calls his book Niti-sammatamu means ''nīti acceptable to everyone''.
Madiki Singana, the compiler was a poet appropriately calls his book Niti-sammatamu means ''nīti acceptable to everyone''.

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Sakala-nīti-sammatamu
AuthorMadiki Singana
Original titleసకలనీతిసమ్మతము
LanguageTelugu
SubjectMoral
PublisherAndhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, Hyderabad.
Publication date
1923, 1979
Publication placeIndia
Pages169

Sakala-nīti-sammatamu (Telugu: సకలనీతిసమ్మతము) is an anthology of Telugu poems by Madiki Singana.[1] It is about nīti or morals in the society of Telugu country. The poet belongs to Gurijala Nayaks dynasty of 14th century A.D.

Madiki Singana, the compiler was a poet appropriately calls his book Niti-sammatamu means nīti acceptable to everyone.

Composition

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The work is a compilation of some 982 selections from 17 distinct nīti texts by known authors. The authors included Rudradeva I (Nītisāramu), Sivadevayya (Purushārthasāramu), Ganapatideva and Baddena. Authors of many of his niti texts are not known and some texts were lost.

The author classified his selections into 47 categories, covering many topics related to kings, courtiers, physicians, pundits, accountants, scribes etc., His goal appears to be mundane, this-wordly and the only thing that counts in any profession is success.

Publications

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It was published for the first time in 1923 under the editorship of Manavalli Ramakrishnakavi. After about 50 years, the Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi published it in 1979.[2] It was edited by Nidudavolu Venkatarao and Ponangi Srirama Apparao.

References

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  1. ^ Velcheru Narayana Rao and Sanjay Subrahmanyam (2013). "Notes on Political Thought in Medieval and Early Modern South India". In Richard M. Eaton; Munis D. Faruqui; David Gilmartin; Sunil Kumar (eds.). Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 9781107034280. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. ^ Madiki Singana (1979). Sakala-niti-sammatamu (in Telugu). Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 19 June 2020.