Devanga Purana
The Devanga Puranam is the kulapuranam of Devanga community. It dealts with their incarnation man Devala Maharshi's life and his seven incarnations, goddess (Chowdedwari), rituals and customs; Devanga community reside in all the south Indian states and also splitted in north Indian states.They traditionally engaged in cotton cloth weaving and cloth business.
Translations
Devanga Purana is originally written in Sanskrit included in Brahmanda Purana; it has been translated into Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. We found the first printed copy in Kannada named "Badarayana".
- Around 1532 CE, Devanga people resided at Andhra Pradesh requested Telugu poet Bhadralinga Kavi to write their kulapuranam and Bhadralinga Kavi composed (translated) Devanga Purana; he composed the poems in dasimatra-dvipadi style.[1]
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References
- ↑ P, Swarnalatha. The World of the Weaver in Northern Coromandel, C.1750-C.1850 (2005 ed.). Hyderabad: Orient Longman Private Limited. p. 41. ISBN 9788125028680. Retrieved 3 September 2012.