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-{{distinguish|Jagannatha Dasa (Odia poet)}}
+'''Jagannatha Dasa''' may refer to:
-==Overview==
+* [[Jagannatha Dasa (Odia poet)]], saint poet, author of the Odia ''Bhagabata'' and founder of the Atibadi Sampradaya of Utkaliya Vaishnavism, 15th century, Odisha
-For about a century after the death of [[Vadirajatirtha]] (1480–1600), a noted saint-poet, the Haridasa devotional cult which propagated the {{lang|hi|[[Dvaita]]}} philosophy of [[Madhvacharya]] through lucid Kannada devotional songs, seemed to wane.<ref name="wane">Shiva Prakash (1997), p. 200</ref> The movement however revived in the 18th century under the guidance of [[Vijaya Dasa]], this time centered on the holy town of [[Mantralayam]] in modern [[Andhra Pradesh]] and a large area covering the [[Raichur district]] in modern Karnataka.<ref name="cult">Sahitya Akademi (1987), pp. 883–884</ref> The poetry written by these later day saints closely followed the style established by the 15th- and 16th-century saints of the Haridasa cadre. The Haridasa contribution to Hindu mysticism and the {{lang|hi|Bhakti}} literature overall is similar to the contributions of the [[Alvars]] and [[Nayanmar]]s of modern [[Tamil Nadu]] and that of the devotional saint-poets of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Gujarat]].<ref name="vedanta">Sharma (2000), p. xxxii</ref> According to the scholar H.S. Shiva Prakash, about 300 saint-poets from this cadre enriched [[Kannada literature]] during the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref name="enrich">Shiva Prakash (1997), p. 201</ref>
+* [[Jagannatha Dasa (Kannada poet)]], 18th-century Sanskrit scholar from Karnataka
-==Sainthood==
+{{hndis|Dasa, Jagannatha}}

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{{distinguish|Jagannatha Dasa (Odia poet)}}
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'''Jagannatha Dasa''' (Kannada: ಜಗನ್ನಾಥ ದಾಸ) (1728–1809), a native of [[Manvi]] town in the [[Raichur district]], [[Karnataka]] state, [[India]], is considered one of the notable [[Haridasa]] ("devotee of the Hindu god Vishnu") saint-poets of the [[Kannada language]].<ref name="vittala"/> Apart from authoring numerous well-known devotional songs that propagate the [[Vaishnava]] {{lang|hi|bhakti}} ("faith"), Jagannatha Dasa wrote the {{lang|hi|Harikathamritasara}} in the native {{lang|hi|shatpadi}} (six-line verse) [[Meter (poetry)|metre]] and {{lang|hi|Tattva suvali}} in the native [[{{lang|hi|tripadi}}]] (three-line verse) metre.<ref name="vittala">Sahitya Akademi (1988), p. 1764</ref> He was also an accomplished scholar in the [[Sanskrit language]].<ref name="jag"/>

==Overview==
For about a century after the death of [[Vadirajatirtha]] (1480–1600), a noted saint-poet, the Haridasa devotional cult which propagated the {{lang|hi|[[Dvaita]]}} philosophy of [[Madhvacharya]] through lucid Kannada devotional songs, seemed to wane.<ref name="wane">Shiva Prakash (1997), p. 200</ref> The movement however revived in the 18th century under the guidance of [[Vijaya Dasa]], this time centered on the holy town of [[Mantralayam]] in modern [[Andhra Pradesh]] and a large area covering the [[Raichur district]] in modern Karnataka.<ref name="cult">Sahitya Akademi (1987), pp. 883–884</ref> The poetry written by these later day saints closely followed the style established by the 15th- and 16th-century saints of the Haridasa cadre. The Haridasa contribution to Hindu mysticism and the {{lang|hi|Bhakti}} literature overall is similar to the contributions of the [[Alvars]] and [[Nayanmar]]s of modern [[Tamil Nadu]] and that of the devotional saint-poets of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Gujarat]].<ref name="vedanta">Sharma (2000), p. xxxii</ref> According to the scholar H.S. Shiva Prakash, about 300 saint-poets from this cadre enriched [[Kannada literature]] during the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref name="enrich">Shiva Prakash (1997), p. 201</ref>

==Sainthood==
Legend has it that Jagannatha Dasa, whose birth name was Srinivasacharya (or Sinappa), was once invited by [[Vijaya Dasa]], a noted Haridasa of the 18th century, to attend a religious ceremony at Manvi. The ceremony included dining with the devotees of Vijaya Dasa as well. Srinivasacharya excused himself from attending the ceremony on the pretext of suffering from severe stomach ache. Unfortunately, Srinivasacharya actually fell ill and developed severe stomach pains. Unable to find relief, Srinivasacharya sought the help of Vijaya Dasa who asked him to meet his disciple Gopala Dasa. Srinivasacharya visited Gopala Dasa and was cured by him.<ref name="jag"/> Repentant for his attitude towards the Haridasas, Srinivasacharya became a disciple of Gopala Dasa and took to the Haridasa fold. His poems are written with the {{lang|hi|ankita}} ([[pen name]], also called {{lang|hi|mudrika}}) "Jagannatha Vittala".<ref name="jag">Sharma (2000), p. 522</ref> These details are known from a song written by Jagananatha Dasa expressing his gratitide to Gopala Dasa and Vijaya Dasa.<ref name="vittala"/>

==Kannada Writings==
The {{lang|hi|Harikathamritasara}} is a poem that treats on the philosophy of Madhvacharya and is considered his magnum opus and an important work by the {{lang|hi|[[Dvaita]]}} school. Written in the native {{lang|hi|Bhamini Shatpadi}} metre, it contains 32 chapters ({{lang|hi|sandhis}}) comprising 988 stanzas. Later day scholars wrote ten commentaries on this work, including a Sanskrit commentary in 1862 (by Sankarsana Odeyaru), an indication of its superior literary content.<ref name="vittala"/><ref name="odeyaru">Sharma (2000), p. 523</ref> The {{lang|hi|Tattva Suvali}}, containing 1,200 pithy and proverbial poems of which 600 stanzas are available today, was written in the native {{lang|hi|tripadi}} metre, in a simple style, and is known to have been a consolation to his young widowed daughter.<ref name="vittala"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book |last=Shiva Prakash|first=H.S.|editor=Ayyappapanicker|title=Medieval Indian Literature:An Anthology |year= 1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-260-0365-0|chapter= Kannada}}
*{{cite book |last= Various|title= Encyclopaedia of Indian literature, vol 2|orig-year=1988|year=1988|publisher= Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-260-1194-7}}
*{{cite book |last= Sharma|first= B.N.K|title=History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and Its Literature: From the Earliest Beginnings to Our Own Times|orig-year=2000|year=2000|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=81-208-1575-0}}
*{{cite book |last= Various|title= Encyclopaedia of Indian literature, vol 1|orig-year=1987|year=1987|publisher= Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-260-1803-8}}

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