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Kannada inscriptions begin to occur about AD 450. The earliest Kannada literary text dates from the ninth century, though references to a number of earlier works exist. Jains were the earliest known cultivators of Kannada literature though works by Lingayats from that period have survived.
Vaddaradhana by Shivakotiacharya is the earliest existing prose work in old Kannada. However, one of the earliest extant works in Kannada is the Kavirajamarga generally ascribed to the Rashtrakuta king Nripatunga Amoghavarsha.
In the tenth century, the champu style of composition was perfected. Pampa was the master-pioneer of this art; he is called the father of Kannada poetry. Continuing the epic tradition were Ponna and Ranna. Pampa, Ponna and Ranna are considered the three gems and the epithet ‘golden age’ is used for their period.
With Basaveswara introducing the vacham sahitya or sharana sahitya in writing, a revolution came about in the 12th century. Pithy, simple and drawn from daily life, the ‘sayings’ or vacham spoke up for the equality of men and dignity of labour. The poets expressed their devotion to god Shiva in simple vachana poems.
These poems were spontaneous utterances of rhythmic, epigrammatical, satirical prose emphasising the worthlessness of riches, rituals and book learning. Basavanna, Allama Prabhu, Devara Dasimayya, Channabasava and Kondaguli Kesiraja are the poets called Vachanakaras who wrote in this genre.
Akka Mahadevi was prominent among the women poets; she is also said to have written Mantrogopya and Yogangatrividhi. Siddharama is credited with writings in tripadi metre and 1,379 extant poems of his are to be found. Aroimd AD 1260 Karmada’s first standard grammar, Sdbdamani Darpana was written by Kesiraja. Under the patronage of the later Hoysalas, several literary works were produced.
Kannada literature flourished under the Vijayaaagara kings and their feudatories during the 14th-16th centuries. The Kannada Bharata by Kumara Vyasa is an outstanding work. Jainas, Virashaivas and brahmins produced poetic works and biographies of saints.
Some of the notable names of the period are Ratnakara Varni (Bharatesvara Charita), Abhinavadai Vidyananda (Kavyasara), Salva (Rasa Ratnakara), Nanjunda Kavi (Kumara Ramane Kathe), Bhimkavi (Basava Purana), Chamarasa (Prabhulinga-lilai in 1430), Narahari (Torave Ramayana). Kumari Valmiki (1500) wrote the first complete brahmanical adaptation of Ramayana, the Torave Ramayana.
With the decline of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Kingdom of Mysore (1565-1947) and the kingdom of the Keladi Nayakas (1565-1763) gave encouragement to production of literary texts covering various themes. A unique and native form of poetic literature with dramatic representation called Yakshagana gained popularity in the 18th
Modern Kannada theatre is traced to the rise of Yakshagana (a type of field play) of the 16th century. Yakshagana compositions are associated with the rule of King Kanteerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II (1704-1714) and Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1794-1868), a prolific writer of the era who penned over 40 writings including a poetic romance called Saugandika Parinaya. King Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar (1673-1704) wrote Geetha Gopala, a well-known treatise on music, in saptapadi metre.
It was the first writing to propagate the Vaishnava faith in the Kannada language. Sarvajna, a mendicant and drifter Virashaiva poet who was seen as the ‘people’s poet’, wrote didactic vachanas, penned in the tripadi metre, which constitute some of Kannada’s most celebrated works.
Lakshmisa (or Lakshmisha), a well- known story-teller and a dramatist, is dated to the mid-16th or late 17th century. The Jaimini Bharata, his version of the Mahabharata written in shatpadi metre, is a popular poem. The Vaishnava movement produced the immortal songs of Purandaradasa and Kanakadasa.
Modern Kannada literature began in mid-nineteenth century and incorporated two aspects—absorption of western ideas and a rediscovery of the past. Laskhminaranappa (‘Muddana’) wrote some good prose works.
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