"Gadya padyamayi Kacinchampuritya midoyathe." Dandins definition of Champu.
Narrative prose works into which descriptive verses were introduced here and there to make it interesting and beautiful. in course of time the prose works were improved to match the verses and thus rose champu kavya.
Nalachampu and Mandalasachampu of Trivikrama Bhatta are the earliest work now available.
Nala champu also called Damayanthi katha is an incomplete work consisting of seven ucchvasas. It describes the story of Nala and Damayanthi in a terse style he incorporates Bana's style of long compounds and puns galore. It is said that the father of Trivikrama bhatta was challenged by rivals, and Trivikrama wrote the work in his fathers absence and on arrival of his father he stopped writing hence it remained incomplete .
other famous champus are Yashastilaka champu of Somadeva. Jeevandhara champu of Harichandra, Ramayana champu of Bhoja, Bhagavada champu of Abhinava Kalidasa, Bharata champu of Anantha bhatta, chidambarakavi also wrote Bhagavata champu.
sodala a kshatriya has written udayasundari katha which is beautiful and can be treated as champu. Shesha Krishna has written Parijatha harana champu.
Nelakanta dikshitar has authored Nilakanta vijaya champu dealinbg with Sivas conquest of tripura a strong city of the demons.
The famous Venkatadwari is the author to Visvaguna darshana champu. in this the authour gets two persons to visit various places in India and debate amongst themselves on the merits and demerits of the places they have visited and the people they have met. he has written three other champu kavyas which are of lesser importance Varadabayadara champu, uttara champu and srinivasa champu.
Draupadi parinaya champu by Chakra kavi and Varadambik parinaya champu of Thiruvalamba are also there.
Narrative prose works into which descriptive verses were introduced here and there to make it interesting and beautiful. in course of time the prose works were improved to match the verses and thus rose champu kavya.
Nalachampu and Mandalasachampu of Trivikrama Bhatta are the earliest work now available.
Nala champu also called Damayanthi katha is an incomplete work consisting of seven ucchvasas. It describes the story of Nala and Damayanthi in a terse style he incorporates Bana's style of long compounds and puns galore. It is said that the father of Trivikrama bhatta was challenged by rivals, and Trivikrama wrote the work in his fathers absence and on arrival of his father he stopped writing hence it remained incomplete .
other famous champus are Yashastilaka champu of Somadeva. Jeevandhara champu of Harichandra, Ramayana champu of Bhoja, Bhagavada champu of Abhinava Kalidasa, Bharata champu of Anantha bhatta, chidambarakavi also wrote Bhagavata champu.
sodala a kshatriya has written udayasundari katha which is beautiful and can be treated as champu. Shesha Krishna has written Parijatha harana champu.
Nelakanta dikshitar has authored Nilakanta vijaya champu dealinbg with Sivas conquest of tripura a strong city of the demons.
The famous Venkatadwari is the author to Visvaguna darshana champu. in this the authour gets two persons to visit various places in India and debate amongst themselves on the merits and demerits of the places they have visited and the people they have met. he has written three other champu kavyas which are of lesser importance Varadabayadara champu, uttara champu and srinivasa champu.
Draupadi parinaya champu by Chakra kavi and Varadambik parinaya champu of Thiruvalamba are also there.
