Champu, or campu-kavya, is a genre of literary composition in South Asian literature described by the poetician Dandin as a combination of poetry and prose. This form was especially popular in South India and was the preferred genre of many court poets writing in Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu and other regional languages.
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Place of OriginSource says the form was especially popular in South India, not that it originated there Defining TraitMixed composition of poetry and prose 1 In the Other Atlases
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This form was especially popular in South India, and was the preferred genre of many court poets
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combination of poetry and prose
In Group: Broad Forms and Narrative Modes of Fiction, Lead
Champu or campū-kāvya (Devanagari: चम्पूकाव्य) is a genre of literary composition in South Asian literature.
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