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	'''~~Palkuriki~~ Somanatha''' was ~~one of the most noted~~ [[Telugu language]] ~~writers of the 12th or 13th century. He was also an accomplished writer in the~~ [[Kannada language\|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]] languages and penned several classics in those languages.<ref name="multi"/> He was a ~~[[Veerashaiva\|Lingayat]]~~ a follower of the 12th century social reformer [[~~Basava~~]] and his writings were primarily intended to propagate this faith.<ref name="multi">Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> He was a well acclaimed [[Shaivism\|Shaiva poet]].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105013056/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=5 November 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=T votaries cry foul over 'neglect' of T contribution to Telugu pride \| date=13 March 2011}}</ref>		'''Palkurike Somanatha''' was a poet in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]], [[Kannada language\|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]] languages and penned several classics in those languages.<ref name="multi"/> He was a Aradhya Brahmin a follower of the 12th century social reformer [[Basavanna]] and his writings were primarily intended to propagate this faith.<ref name="multi">Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> He was a well acclaimed [[Shaivism\|Shaiva poet]].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105013056/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=5 November 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=T votaries cry foul over 'neglect' of T contribution to Telugu pride \| date=13 March 2011}}</ref> The trio of [[Nanne Choda]], [[Mallikarjuna Panditaradhyudu\|Mallikarjuna Panditaradhya]] and Palkuriki Somanatha are referred as '''{{transliteration\|kn\|ISO\|Śivakavitrayam}}''' (i.e. Trio of Saivite Poets). These trio along with Piduparthi poets and Yathavakkula Annamayya pioneered [[Veerashaivism\|Veera Saiva]] movement in Andhra region.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYhkAAAAMAAJ\|title= Major Genres and Trends in Dravidian Literature\|publisher= Dravidian University\|year=2003\|language=English\|editor-last1=R.\|editor-first1=Sri Hari\|page=49}}</ref>

	==Life==		==Life==
	Indication that he was not a Shaiva by birth comes from the fact that he mentions the names of his parents in his very first work, ''[[Basava Purana]]'', as Visnuramideva and Sriyadevi,<ref name=MohanLal>Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Edited by Mohan Lal, Sahitya Akademi, 1992 p. 4133</ref> violating a general practice of Shaiva writers who do not mention their real parents but rather consider the god Shiva as the father and his consort [[Parvati]] as the mother.<ref name="multi"/> However, the scholar Bandaru Tammayya has argued that he was born a ''Jangama'' (devotee of the god Shiva).<ref name="tamma">Bandaru Tammayya in Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> The scholar Seshayya places him in the late 13th to early 14th century and proposes that the writer lived during the reign of [[Kakatiya]] king Prataparudra II, whereas the Kannada scholar R. Narasimhacharya dates his writings to the 12th century and claims Somanatha was patronised by Kakatiya king Prataparudra I (1140–1196).<ref name="life">Seshayya in Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref><ref name="date">Narasimhacharya (1988), p. 20, p. 68</ref> His place of birth is uncertain because there is a village by the name Palkuriki in the Warangal district of the [[Telangana]] state as well as in the Kannada speaking region ([[Karnataka]]).<ref name="multi"/><ref name="region">Shastri (1955), p. 362</ref>		Indication that he was not a Shaiva by birth comes from the fact that he mentions the names of his parents in his very first work, ''[[Basava Purana]]'', as Visnuramideva and Sriyadevi,<ref name=MohanLal>Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Edited by Mohan Lal, Sahitya Akademi, 1992 p. 4133</ref> violating a general practice of Shaiva writers who do not mention their real parents but rather consider the god Shiva as the father and his consort [[Parvati]] as the mother.<ref name="multi"/> However, the scholar Bandaru Tammayya has argued that he was born a ''Jangama'' (devotee of the god Shiva).<ref name="tamma">Bandaru Tammayya in Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> The scholar Seshayya places him in the late 13th to early 14th century and proposes that the writer lived during the reign of [[Kakatiya]] king Prataparudra II, whereas the Kannada scholar R. Narasimhacharya dates his writings to the 12th century and claims Somanatha was patronised by Kakatiya king Prataparudra I (1140–1196).<ref name="life">Seshayya in Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref><ref name="date">Narasimhacharya (1988), p. 20, p. 68</ref> His place of birth is uncertain because there is a village by the name Palkuriki in the Warangal district of the [[Telangana]] state as well as in the Kannada speaking region ([[Karnataka]]).<ref name="multi"/><ref name="region">Shastri (1955), p. 362</ref> He spent his last days in Karnataka in a village called [[Kalya (Kalyana pura)\|Kalya]] located in Magadi Taluk of Ramanagara district in Karnataka, the story goes that Palkuriki Somanatha upon wanting to see the devout nun Sarvashile Chennamma who was residing in Kalya, came to the village and upon the latter's request stayed back in the same village until his death, his ''gaddige'' (tomb) is located in the village and is worshipped by the devout to this day, this information is recorded in the biography of Palkuriki Somanatha published by the [[Sahitya Akademi\|Sahitya Akamdemi.]]

	==Writings==		==Writings==
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	His contributions to [[Kannada literature]] are, the ''Basavaragada'', ''Basavadhyaragada'', ''Sadgururagada'', ''Silasampadane'', ''Sahasragananama'', ''Pancharantna''. Several ''[[Vachana]]'' and ''ragale'' poems are also his contributions to Kannada literature. Somanatha's Telugu ''Basavapurana'' was the inspiration for [[Vijayanagara ~~empire~~\|Vijayanagara]] poet Bhimakavi (c. 1369) who wrote a Kannada book by the same name. Somanatha was the protagonist of a 16th-century Kannada ''[[purana]]'' ("epic religious text") written by the Vijayanagara poet Tontadarya.<ref name="ragele">Shastri (1955), p. 362; Shatiya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref>		His contributions to [[Kannada literature]] are, the ''Basavaragada'', ''Basavadhyaragada'', ''Sadgururagada'', ''Silasampadane'', ''Sahasragananama'', ''Pancharantna''. Several ''[[Vachana]]'' and ''ragale'' poems are also his contributions to Kannada literature. Somanatha's Telugu ''Basavapurana'' was the inspiration for [[Vijayanagara Empire\|Vijayanagara]] poet Bhimakavi (c. 1369) who wrote a Kannada book by the same name. Somanatha was the protagonist of a 16th-century Kannada ''[[purana]]'' ("epic religious text") written by the Vijayanagara poet Tontadarya.<ref name="ragele">Shastri (1955), p. 362; Shatiya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref>

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	*{{cite book \|last=Sastri\|first= Nilakanta K. A.\|title= A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar\|orig-year=1955\|year=2002\|publisher= Indian Branch, Oxford University Press\|location= New Delhi\|isbn= 0-19-560686-8}}		*{{cite book \|last=Sastri\|first= Nilakanta K. A.\|title= A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar\|orig-year=1955\|year=2002\|publisher= Indian Branch, Oxford University Press\|location= New Delhi\|isbn= 0-19-560686-8}}
	*{{cite book \|last= Narasimhacharya\|first= R\|title= History of Kannada Literature\|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.489059\|orig-year=1988\|year=1988\|publisher= Asian Educational Services\|location= New Delhi, Madras\|isbn=81-206-0303-6}}		*{{cite book \|last= Narasimhacharya\|first= R\|title= History of Kannada Literature\|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.489059\|orig-year=1988\|year=1988\|publisher= Asian Educational Services\|location= New Delhi, Madras\|isbn=81-206-0303-6}}

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	==See also==		==See also==
	[~~http~~://www.palkuriki.blogspot.com/ Web page on Palkuriki Somanatha]		[https://www.palkuriki.blogspot.com/ Web page on Palkuriki Somanatha]
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	'''Palkuriki Somanatha''' was one of the most noted [[Telugu language]] writers of the 12th or 13th century. He was also an accomplished writer in the [[Kannada language\|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]] languages and penned several classics in those languages.<ref name="multi"/> He was a [[~~Lingayatism~~\|~~Shaiva~~]] ~~(devotee of the [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] god [[Shiva]]) by faith and~~ a follower of the 12th century social reformer [[Basava]] and his writings were primarily intended to propagate this faith.<ref name="multi">Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> He was a well acclaimed [[Shaivism\|Shaiva poet]].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105013056/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=5 November 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=T votaries cry foul over 'neglect' of T contribution to Telugu pride \| date=13 March 2011}}</ref>		'''Palkuriki Somanatha''' was one of the most noted [[Telugu language]] writers of the 12th or 13th century. He was also an accomplished writer in the [[Kannada language\|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]] languages and penned several classics in those languages.<ref name="multi"/> He was a [[Veerashaiva\|Lingayat]] a follower of the 12th century social reformer [[Basava]] and his writings were primarily intended to propagate this faith.<ref name="multi">Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> He was a well acclaimed [[Shaivism\|Shaiva poet]].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105013056/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=5 November 2012 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=T votaries cry foul over 'neglect' of T contribution to Telugu pride \| date=13 March 2011}}</ref>

	==Life==		==Life==
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	*{{cite book \|last=Sastri\|first= Nilakanta K. A.\|title= A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar\|orig-year=1955\|year=2002\|publisher= Indian Branch, Oxford University Press\|location= New Delhi\|isbn= 0-19-560686-8}}		*{{cite book \|last=Sastri\|first= Nilakanta K. A.\|title= A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar\|orig-year=1955\|year=2002\|publisher= Indian Branch, Oxford University Press\|location= New Delhi\|isbn= 0-19-560686-8}}
	*{{cite book \|last= Narasimhacharya\|first= R\|title= History of Kannada Literature\|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.489059\|orig-year=1988\|year=1988\|publisher= Asian Educational Services\|location= New Delhi, Madras\|isbn=81-206-0303-6}}		*{{cite book \|last= Narasimhacharya\|first= R\|title= History of Kannada Literature\|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.489059\|orig-year=1988\|year=1988\|publisher= Asian Educational Services\|location= New Delhi, Madras\|isbn=81-206-0303-6}}

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{{Short description|12th century Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit writer}}
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'''Palkuriki Somanatha''' was one of the most noted [[Telugu language]] writers of the 12th or 13th century. He was also an accomplished writer in the [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]] languages and penned several classics in those languages.<ref name="multi"/> He was a [[Lingayatism|Shaiva]] (devotee of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] god [[Shiva]]) by faith and a follower of the 12th century social reformer [[Basava]] and his writings were primarily intended to propagate this faith.<ref name="multi">Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> He was a well acclaimed [[Shaivism|Shaiva poet]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105013056/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-13/hyderabad/28685273_1_telangana-region-statues-t-region | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 November 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=T votaries cry foul over 'neglect' of T contribution to Telugu pride | date=13 March 2011}}</ref>

==Life==
Indication that he was not a Shaiva by birth comes from the fact that he mentions the names of his parents in his very first work, ''[[Basava Purana]]'', as Visnuramideva and Sriyadevi,<ref name=MohanLal>Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Edited by Mohan Lal, Sahitya Akademi, 1992 p. 4133</ref> violating a general practice of Shaiva writers who do not mention their real parents but rather consider the god Shiva as the father and his consort [[Parvati]] as the mother.<ref name="multi"/> However, the scholar Bandaru Tammayya has argued that he was born a ''Jangama'' (devotee of the god Shiva).<ref name="tamma">Bandaru Tammayya in Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref> The scholar Seshayya places him in the late 13th to early 14th century and proposes that the writer lived during the reign of [[Kakatiya]] king Prataparudra II, whereas the Kannada scholar R. Narasimhacharya dates his writings to the 12th century and claims Somanatha was patronised by Kakatiya king Prataparudra I (1140–1196).<ref name="life">Seshayya in Sahitya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref><ref name="date">Narasimhacharya (1988), p. 20, p. 68</ref> His place of birth is uncertain because there is a village by the name Palkuriki in the Warangal district of the [[Telangana]] state as well as in the Kannada speaking region ([[Karnataka]]).<ref name="multi"/><ref name="region">Shastri (1955), p. 362</ref>

==Writings==
;Telugu language
Important among his Telugu language writings are the ''[[Basava Purana]]'', ''Panditaradhya charitra'', ''Malamadevipuranamu'' and ''Somanatha Stava''–in ''dwipada'' metre ("couplets"); ''Anubhavasara'', ''Chennamallu Sisamalu'', ''Vrushadhipa Saataka'' and ''Cheturvedasara''–in verses; ''Basavodharana'' in verses and ''ragale'' metre (rhymed couplets in blank verse); and the ''Basavaragada''.<ref name="ragada">Shatiya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref>

;Kannada language
His contributions to [[Kannada literature]] are, the ''Basavaragada'', ''Basavadhyaragada'', ''Sadgururagada'', ''Silasampadane'', ''Sahasragananama'', ''Pancharantna''. Several ''[[Vachana]]'' and ''ragale'' poems are also his contributions to Kannada literature. Somanatha's Telugu ''Basavapurana'' was the inspiration for [[Vijayanagara empire|Vijayanagara]] poet Bhimakavi (c. 1369) who wrote a Kannada book by the same name. Somanatha was the protagonist of a 16th-century Kannada ''[[purana]]'' ("epic religious text") written by the Vijayanagara poet Tontadarya.<ref name="ragele">Shastri (1955), p. 362; Shatiya Akademi (1992), p. 4133</ref>

;Sanskrit language
Important among his Sanskrit language writings are the ''Somanathabhashya'', ''Rudrabhashya'', ''Vrushabhastaka'', ''Basavodharana'', ''Basavashtaka'', ''Basava panchaka'', ''Ashtottara satanama gadya'', ''Panchaprakara gadya'' and ''Asharanka gadya''.<ref name="ragada"/>

==Works in translation==
* ''Siva's Warriors: The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha'', Tr. by Velcheru Narayana Rao. Princeton Univ Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0691055912}}.

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book |last= Various|title= Encyclopaedia of Indian literature – vol 5|orig-year=1992|year=1992|publisher= Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-260-1221-8}}
*{{cite book |last=Sastri|first= Nilakanta K. A.|title= A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar|orig-year=1955|year=2002|publisher= Indian Branch, Oxford University Press|location= New Delhi|isbn= 0-19-560686-8}}
*{{cite book |last= Narasimhacharya|first= R|title= History of Kannada Literature|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.489059|orig-year=1988|year=1988|publisher= Asian Educational Services|location= New Delhi, Madras|isbn=81-206-0303-6}}

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==See also==
[http://www.palkuriki.blogspot.com/ Web page on Palkuriki Somanatha]
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