Andhra Vignanamu

Sri Andhra Vignanamu was a general knowledge Telugu encyclopedia.[1][2] It was published in seven volumes between 1938 and 1941 from Kakinada and Rajahmundry.[3][4][5] It is considered to be the first complete encyclopedia in Telugu.[6][7] It was edited by Kandukuri Bala Surya Prasada Rao (also known as Prasada Bhoopaludu), Zamindar of Devidi Estate in Ganjam district.[8][9][10][11]

Sri Andhra Vignanamu
EditorPrasada Bhoopaludu (Kandukuri Bala Surya Prasada Rao)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
SubjectGeneral
GenreReference encyclopedia
Publication date
  • Vol. 1: 1938
  • Vol. 2: 1938
  • Vol. 3: 1939
  • Vol. 4: 1940
  • Vol. 5: 1941
  • Vol. 6: 1941
  • Vol. 7: 1941
Media type7 volumes
Pages3,708

Contributors

Prasada Bhoopaludu compiled the articles from various scholars and put them in his own language. Apart from being a compiler and editor, he was also a writer of the encyclopedia.[3]

Content

All the articles in the encyclopedia were alphabetically arranged as per the Telugu alphabet.[12][8] A supplement to the encyclopedia containing 184 pages was published in 1941.[13] Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy wrote the preface to the encyclopedia and praised the editor Prasada Bhoopaludu for his scholarship.[14]

Reception

Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature reviewed it noting, "Though it is a one man effort and has all the drawbacks associated with it, and the selection as well the treatment of the entries is more arbitrary than logical, the volumes are, no doubt, serving its designed purpose."[6]

M. Sankara Reddy lists Andhra Vignanamu in his book on Telugu reference sources.[3] C. Dwarakanath Gupta cited it for information on Vysya gotras in his book Socio-cultural History of an Indian Caste.[4]

References
  1. Padhi, Pitambara (1994). Reference Sources in Modern Indian Languages: A Study on Oriya Language. Gayatridevi Publications. p. 25.
  2. Handbook of Libraries, Archives & Information Centres in India: Indian Languages Reference Sources, Bibliographical Control & Publishing Industry. Vol. 15. Information Industry Publications. 1984. pp. 112, 160. ISBN 978-81-85330-36-5.
  3. Reddy, M. Sankara (1996). Reference Sources in Telugu: A Comprehensive Guide. B.R. Publishing Corporation. pp. 87, 91. ISBN 978-81-7018-889-6.
  4. Gupta, C. Dwarakanath (1999). Socio-cultural History of an Indian Caste. Mittal Publications. p. 223. ISBN 978-81-7099-726-9.
  5. Murthy, A. Satyanarayana (1991). Religion and Society: A Study of Koyas. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 16, 189. ISBN 978-81-7141-147-4.
  6. Datta, Amaresh, ed. (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1173. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0. The first complete encyclopaedia in Telugu, however, was compiled and published single-handed by Kandukuri-prasada Bhupaludu, the zamindar of Devidi around 1940. Andhra-vijnanamu as it is called, is a 7-volume encyclopaedia. Though it is a one man effort and has all the drawbacks associated with it, and the selection as well the treatment of the entries is more arbitrary than logical, the volumes are, no doubt, serving its designed purpose.
  7. History and Culture of the Andhras. Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rau Vijnana Sarvaswa Sakha, Telugu University. 1995. p. 308. ISBN 978-81-86073-07-0. The Devidi zamindar, Kandukuri Prasada Raya Bhupaludu authored seven volumes of Sri Andhra Vijnanamu, the first complete encyclopaedia in Telugu.
  8. Herald of Library Science. Vol. 5–6. P.N. Kaula at the Eureka Publications. 1966. p. 44. Kandukuri Bala Suryaprasada Rao Zamindar of Urlam took up the project. He worked at it from 1938 to 1941. He called it Andhra Vighnanam. He published it in seven volumes. The articles were alphabetically arranged.
  9. Indian Anthropologist. Vol. 7. Indian Anthropological Association. 1977. pp. 62, 64.
  10. Journal of Indian Library Association. Vol. 5. Indian Library Association. 1963. p. 46.
  11. Educational India. Vol. 32–33. 1965. p. 28.
  12. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics: IJDL. Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala. 1987. p. 137.
  13. ప్రసాద భూపాలుడు (1941). శ్రీ ఆంధ్ర విజ్ఞానానుబంధము (in Telugu).
  14. Reddy, Cattamanchi Ramalinga (1983). Ḍā.Si.Ār. Reḍḍi pīṭhikalu (in Telugu). Cittūru Jillā Racayitala Sahakāra Pracuraṇa Saṅghaṃ. pp. 243–245. (p. 243) Sri Ijjitasar Kandukuri Bala Surya Prasada Rao Bahadur, the author of this Telugu Encyclopaedia, which I have the proud privilege to introduce to the public, is one of the most remarkable personalities in the Telugu country. (p. 244) Sri Balasurya Prasada Rao Bahadur is not merely a Zamindar which quite a number are, but a scholar of encyclopaedic range and extraordinary thoroughness and a writer of high standing in Telugu.
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