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Nāgavarma I (c. 990) was a noted Jain writer and poet in the Kannada language in the late 10th century. His two important works, both of which are extant, are Karnātaka Kādambari, a champu (mixed prose-verse metre) based romance novel and an adaptation of Bana's Sanskrit Kādambari, and Chandōmbudhi (also spelt Chhandombudhi, lit, "Ocean of prosody" or "Ocean of metres"), the earliest ...
Published in 1943, Mankuthimmana Kagga is one of the best known of major literary works in Kannada. The title of this work can be translated as "Dull Thimma's Rigmarole". [3] [4] Facing life's challenges with cheerfulness, understanding everything as a divine play, recognizing our own and others needs, honoring human aspirations and dreams, working for noble causes and above all, dissolving ...
Allamaprabhu was a 12th-century Lingayat-saint and Vachana poet (called Vachanakara) of the Kannada language, [4] [5] propagating the unitary consciousness of Self and Shiva. [web 1] [6] Allamaprabhu is one of the celebrated poets and the patron saint [note 1] of the Lingayata [note 2] movement that reshaped medieval Karnataka society and popular Kannada literature.
Nijaguna Shivayogi was an Indian poet and a prolific writer in the Kannada language. He lived in the 15th century. He lived in the 15th century. He was a follower of the Veerashaiva faith (devotee of the Hindu god Shiva ), which he attempted to reconcile with the Advaita Hinduism of Adi Shankaracharya . [ 1 ]
According to the scholar R.S. Mugali, Vaddaradhane is one of the finest pieces of Jain literature, which stands out by itself in all of Kannada literature. [4] In addition to religious content describing the lives of Jain saints (Jainas), [1] it treats on Jain tenets regarding the torments of flesh and spirit, interpretations of fate (), rebirth and the plight of humans on earth.
Kavirajamarga was formative in the literary growth of Kannada and is a guide book to the Kannada grammar that existed in that period. It laid the "royal path" for guiding many aspiring writers. It laid the "royal path" for guiding many aspiring writers.
Kannada poetry dates back many centuries, to before the time of Adikavi Pampa. A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga
Kannada poetry has been traced back to around 5th century A.D, though none of those early works have been found. The earliest extant poetry in tripadi meter are the Kappe Arabhatta records of 700 C.E. The first well known Kannada poet was Adikavi Pampa who wrote in an archaic style of Kannada called Halegannada (figuratively