https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=List_of_Karnataka_literature List of Karnataka literature - Revision history 2026-08-19T03:35:39Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Karnataka_literature&diff=473275&oldid=prev Shumail: slightly improved page per standard format further 2025-10-17T08:36:54Z <p>slightly improved page per standard format further</p> <a href="//en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Karnataka_literature&amp;diff=473275&amp;oldid=141619">Show changes</a> Shumail https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Karnataka_literature&diff=141619&oldid=prev imported>Lfstevens: sort 2021-08-23T03:12:27Z <p>sort</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Wikipedia list article}}<br /> {{Copy edit|date=August 2021}}<br /> {{Confusing|date=August 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Karnataka literature&#039;&#039;&#039; refers to writings from the Karnataka region of [[South India]] roughly corresponding to the modern state of [[Karnataka]]. This literature includes works in [[Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit]] and [[Kannada literature|Kannada]].<br /> <br /> ==[[Western Ganga Dynasty]] (350-999)==<br /> <br /> * Pujyapada (&#039;&#039;Sarvathasiddi&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Jinendra Vyakarana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;KalayanaKaraka&#039;&#039; in Sanskrit) <br /> * Jinasena II (&#039;&#039;Adipurana&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit)<br /> * Ajitasena <br /> * Bharavi <br /> * Akalanka or Nemichandrasiddanta<br /> * King Madhava II (370-390 AD) (&#039;&#039;Dattaka Sutra&#039;&#039;in Sanskrit)<br /> * King [[Durvinita]] (495-535 AD) (Reference to his Kannada work in &#039;&#039;Kavirajamarga&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Vaddakatha&#039;&#039; Sanskrit translation, &#039;&#039;Sabdavatara&#039;&#039; a work on Sanskrit grammar, commentary on the 15th sarga of Bharavi&#039;s &#039;&#039;Kiratarjuniya&#039;&#039; in Sanskrit)<br /> * Sripurusha (&#039;&#039;Gajasastra&#039;&#039;)<br /> * King Shivamara II (788-816 AD) (&#039;&#039;Gajashtaka&#039;&#039;, a Kannada work on elephant management, and &#039;&#039;Sethubandha&#039;&#039; in Prakrit). <br /> * Hemasena or Vidya Dhananjaya (&#039;&#039;Raghavpandaviya&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Vidhibhasimha (&#039;&#039;Gadyachintamani&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Kshatrachudamani&#039;&#039;) <br /> * Guru Nemichandra (&#039;&#039;Gommatasara&#039;&#039; book on jain philosophy, his title was &#039;&#039;Siddhant-Chakravarti&#039;&#039; and was guru of Chavundaraya)<br /> * Chavundaraya (978 AD) (&#039;&#039;Chavundarayapurana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Charitrasara&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Trishashti LaksanPurana&#039;&#039; -Kannada)<br /> * Gunavarma (Kannada Grammar)<br /> * Nagavarma (&#039;&#039;Chandombhudhi&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Jinasena I (738 AD) (&#039;&#039;Harivamsha&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit)<br /> <br /> ==[[Rashtrakutas]] (753-973)==<br /> <br /> * Trivikrama (&#039;&#039;Nalachampu&#039;&#039; in Sanskrit)<br /> * Halayudha (&#039;&#039;Kavirahasya&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Mritasanjivini&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Somadevasuri (&#039;&#039;Nitikavyamrita&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Mahaviracharya (&#039;&#039;Ganita-sara-samgraha&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Padma pada <br /> * Visvarupa <br /> * Virasenacharya (&#039;&#039;Jayadhavala-tika&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Jinasenacharya (&#039;&#039;Parsvabhyudaya&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Mahapurana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Dhavala&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Gunabhadra (&#039;&#039;Uttarapurana&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit)<br /> * Pushpadanta<br /> * Akalanka <br /> * [[Asaga]] (&#039;&#039;Vardhamana Purana&#039;&#039;-Kannada)<br /> * King [[Amoghavarsha]] I Nripatunga, (&#039;&#039;Prashottara Ratnamakike&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Kavirajamarga&#039;&#039;, a treatise on Kannada poetics, 850 A.D.) <br /> * [[Sri Ponna]] (950 AD) (title, &#039;&#039;Kavichakravarthi&#039;&#039; wrote &#039;&#039;Bhuvanaika- Ramabhyudaya&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Santipurana&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Jinaksaramale&#039;&#039; – Kannada) <br /> * [[Adikavi Pampa]] (902-975 AD) (called &#039;&#039;Adhikavi&#039;&#039; wrote &#039;&#039;[[Adipurana]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Vikramarjuna Vijaya]]&#039;&#039; in Kannada)<br /> * [[Shivakotiacharya]] (&#039;&#039;Vaddaradhane&#039;&#039; 900 CE earliest prose in Kannada borrowed from Sanskrit work &#039;&#039;Brihatkathakosha&#039;&#039; of Harishena)<br /> * Sri Vijaya<br /> * Rudrabhatta of [[Banahatti]] – Kannada<br /> * Ravinagabhatta who wrote a record for Govinda IV – Kannada<br /> * Kavi Rajaraja wrote the Kalasa record, minister of Krishna II – Kannada<br /> * Gajankusha who wrote on erotics – Kannada<br /> <br /> ==[[Western Chalukyas]] (973-1189)==<br /> <br /> * [[Ranna (Kannada poet)|Ranna]] (949 AD) (&#039;&#039;Ajitapurana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Sahasabhimavijaya&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Gadayuddha&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;Rannakanda&#039;&#039; – Kannada) <br /> * Chavundaraya II (&#039;&#039;Lokopakara&#039;&#039;, an important literary source in Kannada dealing with variety of subjects useful for mankind such as Veterinary Science, Aeromatics, Horticulture, Medicine, Astrology, Water resource, Cookery,etc. belonging to 11 C AD – Kannada)<br /> * Chandraraja (&#039;&#039;Madanatilaka&#039;&#039;, a work on erotics – Kannada)<br /> * Shridharacharya (&#039;&#039;Jatakatilaka&#039;&#039; is a work on astrology – Kannada) <br /> * Kirtivarma (1125 AD) (&#039;&#039;Govaidya&#039;&#039; on veterinary science – Kannada)<br /> * Durgasimha (&#039;&#039;panchatantra&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Nagavarma (&#039;&#039;Kavyavalokana&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Brahmashiva (&#039;&#039;Samayaparikshe&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Devara Dasimayya ([[Vachana]]kara belonged to this period – Kannada) <br /> * Vadiraja ( &#039;&#039;Yashodharacharitam&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Parshvanatha Charitam&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit)<br /> * Bilhana (&#039;&#039;Vikramankadeva Charitha&#039;&#039;, The Kashmiri poet immortalized the name of his patron Vikramaditya VI through this work – Sanskrit)<br /> * Vijananeshvara (&#039;&#039;Mitakshara&#039;&#039;, a commentary on Yajnavalkya Smriti – Sanskrit)<br /> * Someshwara III (&#039;&#039;Abhilashithartha Chinthamani&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;Manasollasa&#039;&#039;, an encyclopedia of all arts and sciences and &#039;&#039;Chandraprabhacharite&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit) <br /> * Jagadekamalla (&#039;&#039;Sangithachudamani&#039;&#039; in Sanskrit)<br /> * Jagaddala Somanatha (&#039;&#039;Karnataka Kalyanakaraka&#039;&#039;) Kannada work on Ayurvedic medicine (1150 AD) <br /> * Karnaparya (1140 AD) (&#039;&#039;Neminatha purana&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> * Nayasena (1112 AD) (&#039;&#039;Dharmamrita&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> * Brahmasiva (1150 AD) (&#039;&#039;Samayaparikshe&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> * Naga Chandra (Jain Ramayana- Kannada)<br /> * Kanti (Jain poet – Kannada),<br /> * Shantiraja (&#039;&#039;Sukumaracharita&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * VrittaVilasa (1150 AD) - Had written Sanskrit&#039;s DharmaParikshe in Kannada<br /> * Nagavarma II (&quot;ShabdaSmruthi&quot;, &#039;&#039;Kavyavalokana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Bhashabhushana&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Abhidana Vastukosha&#039;&#039;).<br /> <br /> ==[[Hoysala Empire]] (1000–1346)==<br /> <br /> * [[Madhvacharya]](1238–1317 AD) wrote &#039;&#039;[[List of works by Madhvacharya|Sarvamula Granthas]]&#039;&#039; in Sanskrit – propounded [[Dvaita]] Philosophy<br /> * Vidyatirtha (&#039;&#039;Rudraprashnabhashya&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit)<br /> * Nagachandra (&#039;&#039;Ramachandra Charita Purana&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;Mallinathapurana&#039;&#039; – Kannada. He is known as &#039;&#039;Abhinava Pampa&#039;&#039;). <br /> * Kanti (poet)<br /> * Vishnudandadipa<br /> * Santa Mahanta <br /> * Harihara (&#039;&#039;Girija Kalyana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;BasavarajadevaraRagale&#039;&#039; – Kannada) <br /> * Raghavanka (established &#039;&#039;Shatpadi&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Harischandra Kavya&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Siddhara Chanitra&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Veeresha Charite&#039;&#039;,&#039;&#039; Sharabha Charitre&#039;&#039;, somanathacharita&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Harihara Mahatwa&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * [[Janna]] (1191–1230 AD) (&#039;&#039;Yashodhara Charite&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Ananthanatha Purana&#039;&#039;- Kannada. Obtained title &#039;&#039;Kavichakravarti&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Nemichandra (1170 AD) ( (&#039;&#039;Leelavati&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Neminatha Purana&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Achanna (1195 AD) (&#039;&#039;Vardhamana Purana&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Rudra Bhatta (&#039;&#039;Jagannatha Vijaya&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Mallikarjuna (&#039;&#039;Sukti&#039;&#039; &amp; &#039;&#039;Sudharnava&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> * [[Kesiraja]] (&#039;&#039;[[Shabdamanidarpana]]&#039;&#039;- Kannada grammar)<br /> * Hastimalla (1290 AD) (&#039;&#039;Adipurana&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> * Andayya (1235 AD) – (&#039;&#039;Vardhamana Purana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Kabbigarakava &#039;&#039; – Kannada) <br /> * Choundarasa (1300 AD) (&#039;&#039;Abhinava-DashaKumara Charitha&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Nala Champu&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Rajaditya (1191 AD) (&#039;&#039;Kshetraganita&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Vyavaharaganita&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;Lilavati&#039;&#039; on mathematics-Kannada)<br /> * Ratta Kavi (1300 AD) (&#039;&#039;Rata-Mata&#039;&#039; work on meteorological topics – Kannada)<br /> * Bandhuvarma (1200 AD) (&#039;&#039;Neminatha Purana&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Harivamsha&#039;&#039; – Kannada) <br /> * Mahabalakavi (1254 AD) (&#039;&#039;Neminatha Purana&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Sumanobana – Kannada poet<br /> * Padmarasa (&#039;&#039;Dikshabodhe&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Hastimalla (1290 AD) (&#039;&#039;Adipurana&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Trivikrama (&#039;&#039;Ushaharana&#039;&#039;, Dvaita philosophy – Sanskrit)<br /> * Narayana Pandita (&#039;&#039;Madhwavijaya&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Manimanjari&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Parijataharana&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit)<br /> * Anandabodha – Advaitha Philosophy – Sanskrit<br /> * Vidyacharkarvartin II (&#039;&#039;Rukminikalyana&#039;&#039; – Sanskrit)<br /> <br /> ==The [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalachuri]] kingdom (1130–1184), [[Virashaiva]] Saints and [[Vachana]]karas==<br /> <br /> * [[Basavanna]] (known as &#039;&#039;Basaveshvara&#039;&#039; wrote the spiritual lyrics &#039;&#039;[[vachanas]]&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> * Renukacharya<br /> * Darukacharya<br /> * Ekoramacharya<br /> * Panditaradhyacharya<br /> * Vishwaradhyacharya <br /> * Akkamahadevi<br /> * Nilambike <br /> * Gangambike <br /> * Allama Prabhu <br /> * Siddarama <br /> * Chennabasava <br /> * Madivala Machayya (&#039;&#039;vachanakara&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> * Madara Channayya (&#039;&#039;vachanakara&#039;&#039; -Kannada)<br /> * Sakalesha Madarasa (&#039;&#039;vachanakara&#039;&#039;-Kannada)<br /> * Ramanna (&#039;&#039;vachanakara&#039;&#039;-Kannada)<br /> * Sujikayakada Ramitande (&#039;&#039;vachanakara&#039;&#039;-Kannada)<br /> * Medara Ketayya (&#039;&#039;vachanakara&#039;&#039;-Kannada)<br /> * Kayakada Basappa (&#039;&#039;vachanakara&#039;&#039;-Kannada)<br /> * Virupaksha Pandita – (&#039;&#039;Chennabasavapurana&#039;&#039;- Kannada) <br /> * Dharani Pandita – (&#039;&#039;Bijjalarayacharite&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Chandrasagara Varni (&#039;&#039;Bijjalarayapurana&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> <br /> ==[[Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri]](850-1315)==<br /> <br /> * Kamalabhava (&#039;&#039;Santhishwarapurana&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Achanna (&#039;&#039;Varadhamanapurana&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Amugudevi – [[Vachana]]kara<br /> * Chundarasa of Pandharapura (&#039;&#039;DashakumaraCharite&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> <br /> ==[[Vijayanagara Empire]] (1335–1565), Kannada Haridasa Sahitya==<br /> <br /> * [[Kumara Vyasa]] (1430 AD) (&#039;&#039;Gadugina Bharata&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;Karnataka Bharata KathaManjari&#039;&#039; a Kannada adaptation of Mahabharata and &#039;&#039;Airavata&#039;&#039;. His title was &#039;&#039;Rupaka Samrajya Chakravarti&#039;&#039; (Emperor of the World of Metaphors).) <br /> * Narahri or Kumara Valmiki (1500 AD) (&#039;&#039;Torave Ramayana&#039;&#039; in Kannada &amp; &#039;&#039;Smriti Kaustubha&#039;&#039; in Sanskrit)<br /> * Vittalanatha (&#039;&#039;Bhagavatha&#039;&#039;)-Kannada<br /> * Ratnakarvarni (16th century) (&#039;&#039;Bharatesha Vaibhava&#039;&#039;, Triloka Sataka, &#039;&#039;Someswara Sataka&#039;&#039;) – Kannada<br /> * Nanjunda -&#039;&#039;Kumara Rama Charita&#039;&#039; (16th century) – Kannada<br /> * BhimaKavi – &#039;&#039;Basavapurana&#039;&#039;(1369 AD) – Kannada<br /> * Padmanaka – Kannada<br /> * Kereya Padmarasa – &#039;&#039;Padmaraja Purana&#039;&#039; (1385 AD) – Kannada<br /> * Lakkana Dandesa &#039;&#039;Shivatatwa Chintamani&#039;&#039; (1428 AD) – -Kannada<br /> * Gubbi Mallanacharya – &#039;&#039;Veerasaivamrita &#039;&#039;(1513 AD) – Kannada <br /> * Singiraja – Kannada<br /> * [[Chamarasa]] (&#039;&#039;Prabhulinga Leele&#039;&#039;) -Kannada<br /> * Akalanka (16th century), Jain scholar – Kannada<br /> * Bhattakalaka (16th century) -Kannada grammarian<br /> * Mangaraja (1360 AD) (&#039;&#039;Khagendra-Mani-Darpana&#039;&#039;, work on poisons and antidotes) - Kannada <br /> * Sayana (&#039;&#039;Vedartha Prakasha&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Yajnatantra Sudhanidhi&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Prayaschitra Sudhanidhi&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Purushartha Sudhanidhi&#039;&#039;) -Sanskrit<br /> * [[Vidyaranya|Madhava Vidyaranya]] (&#039;&#039;Parasara – Madhaviya&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Sarva-darshana-samgraha&#039;&#039;) - Sanskrit<br /> * Devanna Bhatta (&#039;&#039;Smriti Chandrika&#039;&#039;) – Sanskrit<br /> * [[Gangadevi]] (Poet, &#039;&#039;Madhura Vijayam&#039;&#039;) – Sanskrit<br /> * [[Tirumalamba]] Devi (Poet, &#039;&#039;Varadambika Parinayam&#039;&#039;) – Sanskrit<br /> * [[Krishnadevaraya]] (&#039;&#039;Madalasa Charita&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Satyavadu Parinaya&#039;&#039;&amp; &#039;&#039;Rasamanjari&#039;&#039;- Sanskrit<br /> * Ramaraja (&#039;&#039;Bakhair&#039;&#039; – Battle of Talikota – Persian??)<br /> * Timmanna Kavi, patronised by king Krishnadevaraya, Kannada<br /> * Kereya Padmarasa, &#039;&#039;Padmaraja Purana&#039;&#039; – Kannada <br /> * Linganna, Keladinripavijayam – Kannada<br /> * Unknown author, &#039;&#039;Krishnadevarayana Dinachari&#039;&#039; is a recent discovery in Kannada.<br /> * Chatu Vithalanatha, Kannada<br /> * Madhura, Kannada <br /> * Salva<br /> * Mallanarya, Veerasaivamrita- Kannada<br /> * Lakkana Dandesa, &#039;&#039;Shivatatwa Chintamani&#039;&#039; – Kannada<br /> * Shivagna Prasadi Mahadevayya and Halageyadeva, &#039;&#039;Shunya Sampadane&#039;&#039;- Kannada<br /> * Kallumathada Prabhuva – Kannada<br /> * Jakkanna – Kannada<br /> * Maggeya Mayideva – Kannada<br /> * Tontada Siddalingayati – Kannada<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Haridasa]]&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Purandaradasa]] (1484–1564 AD) (Father of Carnatic music. Composed 475,000 songs in Kannada. His titles were&#039;&#039;DasaShreshta&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Purandaropanishat&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Sangitapitamaha&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Kanakadasa]] (1509–1607 AD) (&#039;&#039;Padas and Keertans&#039;&#039; <br /> &#039;&#039;RamadhyanaCharite&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Haribhakthisara&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Kalacharithre&#039;&#039;, <br /> &#039;&#039;Mohana Tarangini&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Nalacharitre&#039;&#039; – Kannada)<br /> * Narahari Thirtha <br /> * Padmanabha Thirtha <br /> * Akshobhya Thirtha <br /> * [[Jayatirtha]] – &#039;&#039;Nyaya sudha&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Tattva prakashika&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Prameya deepika&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Nyaya deepika&#039;&#039; [http://www.dvaita.org/scholars/jayatirtha/ Important works]<br /> * [[Sripadaraya]] of Mulbagal (1500 AD)<br /> * [[Vyasatirtha]] (1447 – 1539 AD) – Guru of [[Purandaradasa]], [[Kanakadasa]] and [[Krishnadevaraya]] wrote &#039;&#039;Nyayamritam&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Tarkatandava&#039;&#039;, Tatparya Chandrika [http://www.dvaita.org/scholars/vyasaraja/ Important Works] <br /> * Sri Vadirajaswami<br /> <br /> ===Later Haridasa===<br /> <br /> * Guru [[Raghavendra Swami]] (1600–1671 AD) the great Sage of Manthralaya.[http://www.dvaita.org/scholars/raghavendra/raghav5.shtml Important works]<br /> * Vijaya Dasa (1687–1755 AD) <br /> * Mohana Dasa <br /> * Gopala Dasa (1721–1762 AD)<br /> * Helavanakatte Giriyamma <br /> * Jagannatha Dasa (1728–1809 AD) (&#039;&#039;Harikathamrithasara&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Uga Bhogas&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Keerthanas&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Tathva Suvalis&#039;&#039;- Kannada)<br /> <br /> ==Kannada literature from [[Mysore Kingdom]], [[Keladi Nayaka]] kingdom==<br /> <br /> * Basappanayaka (&#039;&#039;Shivatatwa Ratnakara&#039;&#039; – History Keladi Kings)<br /> * Linganna (&#039;&#039;Keladi Napra Vijaya&#039;&#039;- History of Keladi Kings)<br /> * [[Chikkupadhyaya]], Minister and teacher of His Highness Sri Chikkadevaraja [[Wodeyar]] (1670 AD) – more than 30 works in [[Kannada]]<br /> * Tirumalaraya (1680 CE) (&#039;&#039;Chikkadevaraja Vijayam&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Chikkadevaraja Vamshaavali&#039;&#039; – History of Mysore Kings) <br /> * Govinda Vaidya (1648 CE) (&#039;&#039;Narasaraja Vijaya&#039;&#039; – History of Mysore Kings) <br /> * Bhattakalanka Deva (1604 AD) (&#039;&#039;Karnataka Shabdaushasana&#039;&#039; on grammar)<br /> * Sakdakshara Deva (1657 AD) (&#039;&#039;Rajshekhara Vilasa&#039;&#039;- romantic champu)<br /> * Noorondayya (1740 AD) (&#039;&#039;Soundara Kavya&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Nijaguna Yogi]] (1650 AD) (&#039;&#039;Viveka Chintamani&#039;&#039;- Shaiva work)<br /> * Nanja Raja (1760 AD) (&#039;&#039;Shiva Bhakti Mahatmya&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Hari Vamsa&#039;&#039; – Puranic works) <br /> * Brahma Kavi (&#039;&#039;Samaya Pariksha&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Sarvajna]] (1650 AD) (&#039;&#039;tripadis&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;vachanas&#039;&#039; pithy three lined poems in Kannada)<br /> <br /> ==Kannada literature from old Bangalore (18th – 21st century AD)==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;18th Century Kannada&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Guru Nanjesh (&#039;&#039;Jayastuti&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Ekambara Dikshit (&#039;&#039;Veerabhdra Vijaya&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Jayaram Pande (&#039;&#039;Radha Madhava Vilasa&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Mudduveeraswamy (1700 AD) (&#039;&#039;Vachanakara&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Sarpabhooshana Shivayogi (1795–1839 AD) (&#039;&#039;Vachanakara&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Mahant Desika (&#039;&#039;Vachanakara&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Jeerage Basavalingacharya (&#039;&#039;Vachanakara&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;19th Century Kannada (topics-grammar, linguistics, Jain and Virashaiva philosophy, geology, agriculture, politics)<br /> * Siddhanti Velanada<br /> * Subramanya Shastri<br /> * Siddhanti Shivakumara Shastri<br /> * Srinivasa<br /> * Nagasharma<br /> * Dakshinamurthy Shastri<br /> * Padmaraja Bhramasuri<br /> * Ramanathapuram Raguraya<br /> * S. N. Narasimhaiah<br /> * Doddabele Narayana Shastri – commentary on &#039;&#039;Jaimini Bharatha&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Sundarakhanda&#039;&#039;, translations of Kalidasa works<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;20th century Kannada&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Bidare Ashwatha Narayana shastri (&#039;&#039;Dhammapada&#039;&#039;)<br /> * B. Puttiah (printing technology)<br /> * Panyam Sudarashastri (a translation of &#039;&#039;Bhasa Dharma&#039;&#039;)<br /> * S.K. Nasasimhaiya (biography of Magadi Kempe Gowda)<br /> * Toppulu Raghavacharya (translation of commentary on &#039;&#039;Gita&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Mahant desika (&#039;&#039;Yakshagana&#039;&#039; composition)<br /> * Balasaraswati (first detective novel)<br /> * Mahadevaswamy (nicknamed &#039;&#039;Abhinava Allama&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Pt. Shivakumar Swamy<br /> * Siddalingaswamy of Beli Matha<br /> * Nanjundaswamy of Guruvanna Matha<br /> * Pt. B. Shivamurty Shastri<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;20th century Sanskrit Keerthanakaras&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Singeri NarasimhaShastri<br /> * M. Lakshminarasimha Shastri<br /> * Varada Desikachar<br /> * [[Jaggu Vakulabhushana]]<br /> * Rariapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma<br /> * Motaganahalli Subramanya Shastri<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039; 20th century harikathe dasaru<br /> <br /> * [[Gururajulu Naidu]]<br /> * Sant Keshava Das<br /> * Bhadragiri Achuth Das<br /> * Malur Sonnappa<br /> * Muiratnam Mudaliar<br /> <br /> ==Modern Kannada poets, scholars and writers==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Jnanpith Award]]ees&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Kuvempu]]<br /> * [[D. R. Bendre]] <br /> * [[Shivaram Karanth]]<br /> * [[Masti Venkatesha Iyengar]]<br /> * [[V. K. Gokak]]<br /> * [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]]<br /> * [[Girish Karnad]]<br /> * [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Sahitya Academy Awardees&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * 1955 &#039;[[Kuvempu]]&#039; (K. V. Puttappa) &#039;&#039;Sri Ramayana Darsanam&#039;&#039; (epic)<br /> * 1956 [[R. S. Mugali]] &#039;&#039;Kannada Sahitya Charitre&#039;&#039; (history of literature) <br /> * 1958 D. R. [[Bendre]] &#039;&#039;Aralu-Maralu&#039;&#039; (poetry)<br /> * 1959 [[K. Shivaram Karanth]] &#039;&#039;Yakshagana Bayalata&#039;&#039; (a treatise on folk-drama) <br /> * 1960 &#039;Vinayaka&#039; ([[V. K. Gokak]]) &#039;&#039;Dyava-Prithvi&#039;&#039; (poetry)<br /> * 1961 [[A. R. Krishnashastry]] &#039;&#039;Bengali Kadambarikara Bankim Chandra&#039;&#039; (a critical study) <br /> * 1962 [[Devudu Narasimha Sastri]] &#039;&#039;Mahakshatriya&#039;&#039; (novel)<br /> * 1964 [[B. Puttaswamayya]] &#039;&#039;Kranti-Kalyana&#039;&#039; (novel)<br /> * 1965 [[S. V. Ranganna]] &#039;&#039;Ranga Binnapa&#039;&#039; (philosophical reflections)<br /> * 1966 [[P. T. Narasimhachar]] &#039;&#039;Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Rupakagalu&#039;&#039; (musical plays)<br /> * 1967 [[D. V. Gundappa]] &#039;&#039;Shrimad Bhagavadgita Tatparya Athava Jivanandharmayoga&#039;&#039; (philosophical expositions) <br /> * 1968 &#039;Srinivasa&#039; ([[Masti Venkatesha Iyengar]]) &#039;&#039;Sannakathegalu&#039;&#039; (12-13) (short stories)<br /> * 1969 [[H. Tipperudraswamy]] &#039;&#039;Karnataka Samskriti Sameekshe&#039;&#039; (cultural study) <br /> * 1970 [[Shamba Joshi|S. B. Joshi]] &#039;&#039;Karnataka Samskritiya Poorva Peethike&#039;&#039; (cultural study)<br /> * 1971 [[Adya Rangacharya]] &#039;&#039;Kalidasa&#039;&#039; (literary criticism) <br /> * 1972 [[S. S. Bhoosnurmath]] &#039;&#039;Shoonyasampadaneya Paramarshe&#039;&#039; (commentary) <br /> * 1973 [[M. V. Seetharamiah|V. Sitaramiah]] &#039;&#039;Aralu Baralu&#039;&#039; (poetry) <br /> * 1974 [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]] &#039;&#039;Vardhamaana&#039;&#039; (poetry) <br /> * 1975 [[S. L. Bhyrappa]] &#039;&#039;Daatu&#039;&#039; (novel)<br /> * 1975 [[L. Gundappa]] Translations from Tamil, Sanskrit to Kannada <br /> * 1976 [[M. Shivaram]] &#039;&#039;Mana Manthana&#039;&#039; (psychiatric studies)<br /> * 1977 [[K. S. Narasimhaswamy]] &#039;&#039;Tereda Baagilu&#039;&#039; (poetry)<br /> * 1978 [[B. G. L. Swamy]] &#039;&#039;Hasuru Honnu&#039;&#039; (travelogue) <br /> * 1979 [[A. N. Murthy Rao]] &#039;&#039;Chitragalu Patragalu&#039;&#039;<br /> * 1980 [[Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar]] &#039;&#039;Americadalli Goruru&#039;&#039; (travelogue) <br /> * 1981 [[Chennaveera Kanavi]] &#039;&#039;Jeewa Dhwani&#039;&#039; (poetry) <br /> * 1982 [[Chanduranga]] &#039;&#039;Vyshakha&#039;&#039; (novel) <br /> * 1983 [[Yashwant Chittal]] &#039;&#039;Katheyaadalu Hudugi&#039;&#039; (short stories) <br /> * 1984 [[G. S. Shivarudrappa]] &#039;&#039;Kavyartha Chintana&#039;&#039; (literary criticism) <br /> * 1985 [[T. R. Subba Rao]] &#039;&#039;Durgaasthamaana&#039;&#039; (novel)<br /> * 1986 [[Vyasaraya Ballal]] &#039;&#039;Bandaaya&#039;&#039; (novel) <br /> * 1987 [[Poornachandra Tejaswi|K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi]] &#039;&#039;Chidambara Rahasya&#039;&#039; (novel) <br /> * 1988 [[Shankar Mokashi Punekar]] &#039;&#039;Avadheshwari&#039;&#039; (novel) <br /> * 1989 [[H. M. Nayak]] &#039;&#039;Samprati&#039;&#039; (belles lettres) <br /> * 1990 [[Devanur Mahadeva]] &#039;&#039;Kusuma Bale&#039;&#039; (novel) <br /> * 1991 [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]] &#039;&#039;Sirisampige&#039;&#039; (play)<br /> * 1992 [[Subbanna Ekkundi]] &#039;&#039;Bakulada Hoovugalu&#039;&#039; (poetry)<br /> * 1993 [[P. Lankesh]] &#039;&#039;Kallu Karaguva Samaya&#039;&#039; (short stories) <br /> * 1994 [[Girish Raghunath Karnad]] &#039;&#039;Tale Danda&#039;&#039; (play) <br /> * 1995 [[Kirtinath Kurtkoti]] &#039;&#039;Uriya Nalage&#039;&#039; (criticism) <br /> * 1996 [[G. S. Amur]] &#039;&#039;Bhuvanada Bhagya&#039;&#039; (literary criticism) <br /> * 1997 [[M. Chidananda Murthy]] &#039;&#039;Hosatu Hosatu&#039;&#039; (criticism) <br /> * 1998 [[B. C. Ramchandra Sharma|B.C. Ramchandra Sharma]] &#039;&#039;Sapthapadi&#039;&#039; (poetry) <br /> * 1999 [[D. R. Nagaraj]] &#039;&#039;Sahitya Kathana&#039;&#039; (essays) <br /> * 2000 [[Shantinath Kuberappa Desai]] &#039;&#039;Om Namo&#039;&#039; (novel) <br /> * 2001 [[L. S. Sheshagiri Rao]] &#039;&#039;English Sahitya Charitre&#039;&#039; (literary history) <br /> * 2002 Sujana ([[S. Narayana Shetty]]) &#039;&#039;Yugasandhya&#039;&#039; (epic) <br /> * 2003 [[K. V. Subbanna]] &#039;&#039;Kaviraja Marga Mattu Kannada&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Jagattu&#039;&#039; (essays)<br /> * 2004 [[Geetha Nagabhushana]] &#039;&#039;Baduku&#039;&#039; (novel)<br /> * 2005 [[Raghavendra Patil]] &#039;&#039;Teru&#039;&#039; (novel)<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kendra Sahitya Academy Awardees (translation)&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> *2005 Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath, Urdu to Kannada<br /> <br /> *[[Saraswati Samman]] Awardee<br /> *[[S. L. Bhyrappa]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Other eminent writers&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> * [[Panje Mangesh Rao]]<br /> * De. Javare Gowda<br /> * Annadanayya Puranik – Vachanas, Law, Shiva Sharana literature<br /> * Siddayya Puranik – Vachanas, Shiva Sharana literature<br /> * Chandrika Puranik – Shiva Sharana literature<br /> * Udaya Shankar Puranik – science and technology, columnist<br /> * Haldoderi Sudhindra – columnist<br /> * Pandit Kallinath Shastri Puranik – 12 Puranas and Ayurveda<br /> * Basavaraj Puranik – Shiva Sharana literature<br /> * Samethanahalli Rama Rao (Raasa)<br /> * Anupama Niranjana <br /> * B. M. Srikanthaiah (B. M. Sri) <br /> * Dr. A. N. Krishna Rao (Anakru) <br /> * [[G. P. Rajarathnam]] <br /> * G. B. Joshi (JadaBharata) <br /> * M Govinda Pai <br /> * M. V. Seetaramiah <br /> * Nisar Ahmed K. S.<br /> * P. Lankesh <br /> * Dr. [[Panchakshari Hiremath]]<br /> * [[SAADHANE-RajguruGuruswamiKalikeri]] (Poetry, research, legends, biographies and lyrics)<br /> * S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta <br /> * T. P. Kailasam – drama<br /> * Tha. Ra. Subbarao <br /> * Thee. Nam. Shree <br /> * R. K. Narayan, author <br /> * R. K. Laxman, cartoonist &amp; humorist<br /> * Kamala Markhandaya<br /> * Triveni (&#039;&#039;Sharapanjara&#039;&#039;), novelist<br /> * G. P. Rajaratnam (&#039;&#039;Ratnana Padagalu&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Beechi]] – humorist<br /> * Dr M.Shivaram, Rashi – humorist<br /> * [[T. Sunandamma]] – humorist<br /> * H. L. Nage Gowda – folklorist<br /> * Go Ru Chennabsappa (Go Ru Cha) – Janapada Saahithya &amp; Sharana Saahithya <br /> * Anakaru – novelist<br /> * M. Ramamurthy<br /> * [[K. V. Iyer]]<br /> * Devudu<br /> * Niranjana<br /> * Na. Kasturi<br /> * [[Navaratna Rama Rao]]<br /> * T. T. Sharma – journalism<br /> * VeeraKesari<br /> * Siddavanahalli Krishna Sharma<br /> *[[Hariharapriya]]<br /> * R. Kalyanamma<br /> * Tirumale Rajamma<br /> * Ambabai<br /> * H. V. Savitramma<br /> * H. S. Parvathi<br /> * Chi. Na. Mangala<br /> * H. R. Indira<br /> * M. K. Indira<br /> * M. V. Kanakamma<br /> * Nirupama<br /> * N. Pankaja<br /> * Usha Navaratna Ram<br /> * Kakolu Saroja Rao<br /> * Anupama Niranjana<br /> * Vi. Seetharamiah, poet, critic<br /> * Basavaraja Kattimani<br /> * Nanjanagudu Tirumalamba (author)<br /> * Sundar V. Nadkarni, fiction writer and poet<br /> * Ta. Raa.Subba Rao, novelist<br /> * Veenaa Shantheshvara, short story writer<br /> * [[Vaidehi (Kannada writer)|Vaidehi]], short story writer<br /> * [[Sumangala (Kannada writer)|Sumangala]], short story writer<br /> * Dr [[K. R. Sandhya Reddy]], poet, story writer, folk literature<br /> * T. K. Venkatesh Prabhu – novelist &amp; poet<br /> * [[A. N. Prahlada Rao]] Kannada crossword writer<br /> * [[Pratibha Nandakumar]], poet<br /> * D. R. Nagraj, critic<br /> * K. V. Narayana, literary critic and linguist<br /> * B. C. Ramachandra Sharma, poet and fictionist<br /> * Shanhinatha Desai, novelist, story writer<br /> * Kum. Veerabhadrappa, novelist, story writer<br /> * Gowri Lankesh, columnist<br /> * Vishweswara Bhat, columnist<br /> * Abdul Raheem Teekay, Writer&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.mangalorean.com/mangaluru-release-of-2nd-impression-of-rasavadi-kannada-translation-of-the-alchemist-by-ar-teekay/ &#039;Rasavadi&#039; Kannada Translation of &#039;The Alchemist&#039;.]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * Ravi Hanj, columnist<br /> * B. V. Veerabhadrappa, columnist<br /> * Dr. N. Someswara, health writer<br /> * N. Narasimhaiah – detective novelist<br /> * [[A. N. Murthy Rao]]<br /> *[[S. R. Ramaswamy|Dr. S. R. Ramaswamy]], journalist<br /> *[[Ba. Na. Sundara Rao]], author and journalist<br /> * Shivarudraprasad, poet and columnist<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Christian missionaries literature&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * Rev. John Garet (translated Bible, Bhagavadgita, Panchatantra, Shabda Manidarpana to Kannada)<br /> * [[Daniel Sanderson]] (translated Jaimini Bharata to English)<br /> * [[Thomas Hodson]]<br /> * Ellis Robert<br /> * Rev. B. L Rice<br /> * Edward Peter Rice<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Kannada language]]<br /> *[[Kannada literature]]<br /> *[[Karnataka]]<br /> *[[Jnanpith Award]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> * Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, &#039;&#039;A Concise history of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present&#039;&#039;, Jupiter Books, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002) {{OCLC|7796041}}<br /> * Prof K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, &#039;&#039;History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar&#039;&#039;, 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002), {{ISBN|0-19-560686-8}} <br /> * R. Narasimhacharya, &#039;&#039;History of Kannada Literature&#039;&#039;, 1988, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, Madras,1988 {{ISBN|81-206-0303-6}}.<br /> * Ramachandra Sidenur, &#039;&#039;Karmanye Vadhi Karaste&#039;&#039;, 2004, Dharwad<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061104095148/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/history.htm History of Karnataka, Arthikaje] <br /> * [http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/literature/history2.htm History of Kannada Literature, Dr. Jyotsna Kamat]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090228045107/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600660200.htm Literature from old Bangalore]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615005224/http://www.dvaita.org/scholars/index.shtml Dvaita saints]<br /> <br /> {{Karnataka topics}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Karnataka literature}}<br /> [[Category:Kannada literature]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Culture of Karnataka]]<br /> [[Category:History of literature in India]]<br /> [[Category:Indian literature-related lists]]<br /> [[Category:Karnataka-related lists|literature]]</div> imported>Lfstevens