A History of Kannada Literature

Ballāl rāja Bangalore Basava belonged Brahman called Chalukya champu Chandrahāsa Channabasava Chikka Deva Chola commentary court Dāsa disciple doctrine Dravidian Dravidian languages earliest early entitled Ganga king grammar guru Hara illustrative inscriptions Jaimini Bharata Jaina Jaina writers Jainism Jangamas Kalyāņa Kanarese country Kanarese language Kanarese literature Kanarese poets Kanarese writers Kannada Karṇāṭaka Kavirājamārga known Krishna Kumāra Kuntala large number later linga Lingayat Lingayat literature Lingayat writers literary lived Lord Madhvacharya Mahābhārata matha maṭhas mentioned metre minister Mysore Narasimhacharya Pālkurike Pampa patron period poem praise prince prose Puligere Purāṇa quoted ragale Raja Rāma Rāmāyaṇa Rāvaṇa Raya reign religion religious rites royal saints Saiva Samanta-bhadra sangatya Sanskrit Sarvajña scholars shatpadi Śiva Soma South India stanzas story style sūtras syad Syādvāda Tamil Telugu temple thou tion Tirthankara translation twelfth century Udupi vachanas Vaishnava Vengi verse Vijaya Vijayanagar Vīraśaiva Vishnu worship written wrote