History of Kannada Literature: Readership Lectures

11th century according alliteration already appears applied assigned assumption Balachandra Ballāļa Basava beginning Bharata Brāhmaṇa called century Chalukya King CHAPTER Charite chief close commentary composed composition connection Consequently court criticisms DESCRIPTION disciple distinction Doctor Durvinīta earlier earliest early evidence existence expression extent fact father Further Ganga given giving grammar grandson grant guru Hariśvara Hoysala identical important inscriptions instance Jaina authors Janna Kannada literature Kāvyāvalōkana known language later lexicon likewise literary lived Mallikarjuna means mentioned metre minister Mysore Nagavarma named Narasimha object occur opinion patronage patronised period poem poetical poetry poets points praise present prince probably prose prosody quotes Rāmāyaṇa reason refer regard respectively Rudrabhaṭṭa ruled Sangam Sanskrit says scholars sense similar Siva Sōmarāja statement styled Sumanōbāņa supposed taken Tamil teacher Telugu third translated treats Vakra-gachchha verse Viraśaiva writers written wrote