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Chatuva

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In the Telugu language, a chatuva is an occasional poem prompted by a specific event, person, or object. Spontaneity is the defining characteristic of the genre.[1]

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  1. ^ Sujit Mukherjee, A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings–1850 (Orient Blackswan, 1999), p. 74 online.