Language of OTV's compositions

[shobana]

Namaskaram... Can someone please clarify the following?

What is the language of the following Oothukadu's compositions?
1) Swagatham Krishna - Sanskrit or Telugu?
2) Madhura Madhura Venugeetham - Sanskrit or Malayalam or Manipravalam?

I did ask this question in the "swagatham Krishna notation" thread. Since haven't received any response, thought I placed it in a wrong thread and starting a new one.

Someone Kindly help me.

Thank you,
Shobana

[ajaysimha]

hello shobana,

both the compositions are in samskrutam.

>Swagatham Krishna
you might have assumed that this was a Telugu composition because,
it appeared in a Telugu movie/this composition is very popular among Kuchipudi repertoire

>Madhura Madhura Venu geetham
you might have assumed that this was a Malayalam or Manipravalam composition because,
venkatakavi uses words like kaḷabā or kōmaḷānga with the ळ-kara

(the usage of ळ-karam in samskrutam can be considered as an olden practice)

कळभ(kaḷaba)==>कलभ(kalabha)==> black datura
कोमळाङ्ग(kōmaḷānga)==>कोमलाङ्ग(komalAGga)==>having a tender body


note:
you also can see the usage of word कळभ (with the ळ-kara) in one of muttuswami dikshitar's composition
करि कळभ मुखं (kari kaLabha mukhaM) where कळभ here means young elephant

[shobana]

Thank you for clearing this up.
True that I got the question because of the word Kalabha.

Thank you again.

[ajaysimha]

welcome!!

[rshankar]

Can we please change the topic to say OVK? OTV sounds like some sort of Terrain Vehicle - particularly since it doesn't seem to fit with either Oottukaadu Venkata Kavi or Venkatasubbaiyer?

Some lighthearted fun:

you might have assumed that this was a Telugu composition because it appeared in a Telugu movie

Now, that is an interesting concept!
Extrapolating, since ElA nI daya rAdu was presented in salangai oli, it could be assumed to be in tamizh?
And didn't Smt. MLV sing enta vEDukondu rAghavA in another tamizh movie?
mAnasa sancararE in the telugu movie SankarAbharaNam?
And what about himAdri sutE pAhimAm, kuru yadu nandana etc., in the kannaDa movie hamsa gItE?

I am sure there are scores more examples...

[ajaysimha]

LoL , no comments from my end
Just spell bound