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	'''Rudrabhatta''' was ~~an influential~~ 12th-century [[Kannada]] poet in the court of the [[Hoysala Empire]] King [[Veera Ballala II]](r.1173–1220 CE). According to Kannada language expert Narasimhacharya, the poet was also patronized by a minister of the King.<ref name="veera">Narasimhacharya (1988), p20</ref> The literary critic Mukherjee feels that after a century of literary revolution caused by the [[Veerashaiva]] poets, a benevolent atmosphere created by the king may have encouraged this [[Vaishnava]] writer and poet.<ref name="moderate">Mukherjee (1999), p333</ref>		'''Rudrabhatta''' was a 12th-century [[Kannada]] poet in the court of the [[Hoysala Empire]] King [[Veera Ballala II]](r.1173–1220 CE). According to Kannada language expert Narasimhacharya, the poet was also patronized by a minister of the King.<ref name="veera">Narasimhacharya (1988), p20</ref> The literary critic Mukherjee feels that after a century of literary revolution caused by the [[Veerashaiva]] poets, a benevolent atmosphere created by the king may have encouraged this [[Vaishnava]] writer and poet.<ref name="moderate">Mukherjee (1999), p333</ref>

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{{short description|12th century Kannada poet}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = 12th century CE
| death_date = 12th or 13th century CE
| occupation = Poet, Writer
| works = ''Jagannatha Vijaya''
}}
{{Kannada poets in Hoysala Empire}}
'''Rudrabhatta''' was an influential 12th-century [[Kannada]] poet in the court of the [[Hoysala Empire]] King [[Veera Ballala II]](r.1173–1220 CE). According to Kannada language expert Narasimhacharya, the poet was also patronized by a minister of the King.<ref name="veera">Narasimhacharya (1988), p20</ref> The literary critic Mukherjee feels that after a century of literary revolution caused by the [[Veerashaiva]] poets, a benevolent atmosphere created by the king may have encouraged this [[Vaishnava]] writer and poet.<ref name="moderate">Mukherjee (1999), p333</ref>

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Rudrabhatta was a [[Brahmin]] and a [[Smartha]] (believer of [[monistic]] philosophy). Based on the Sanskrit classic ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'', he wrote the epic ''Jagannatha Vijaya'' in the ''[[Champu]]'' metrical form (mixed prose-verse). The epic ''[[kavya]]'' (a narrative poem) describes the life of the Hindu god [[Krishna]] leading up to his fight with the demon [[Banasura]]. In this work, Rudrabhatta envisions the Hindu gods Hari ([[Vishnu]]), Hara ([[Shiva]]) and [[Brahma]] as one composite supreme deity (''Parabrahma'') who takes the form of the god [[Krishna]] (an ''[[avatar]]'' of Vishnu). According to Dalal, Rudrabhatta influenced later day notable Kannada poets such as [[Kumaravyasa]] and [[Lakshmisha]], and [[Haridasa]] ([[carnatic music]]) composers such as [[Purandaradasa]] and [[Kanakadasa]].<ref name="para">Dalal (2011), p347</ref> The Kannada scholar L.S. Sheshagiri Rao feels Rudrabhatta was essentially a poet for the learned classes.<ref name="rudra">Sastri (1955), p364</ref><ref name="learn">Rao in Datta (1988), p1181</ref> However, according to the literary critic Shiva Kumar, though Rudrabhatta's form was ancient, his content is more medieval, making him a poet of transition in Kannada literature. Shiva Prakash and Dalal consider him adept at both the mainstream (''marga'') and the native (''desi'') styles of composition.<ref name="para"/><ref name="master">Shiva Prakash in Ayyappa Paniker (1997), p203</ref> Based on epigraphs from the period of Veera Ballala II, the scholar Narasimhacharya dates ''Jagannatha Vijaya'' to about 1180 CE.<ref name="about">Narasimhacharya (1988), p39</ref>

According to the scholar Sreekantaiyya, based on internal evidence, the authorship of an important Sanskrit classic called ''Rasakalika'' is assignable to Rudrabhatta. According to him, references made by the later day Kannada poet Salva (1550 CE) in his writing ''Rasaratnakara'' gives the required evidence. Sreekantaiyya feels the author of a Sanskrit book (on love and aesthetics in poetry) called ''Sringaratilaka'', who goes by the same name, is not the Rudrabhatta of the Hoysala court. According to Dalal, the author of ''Sringaratilaka'' belonged to the 10th century and also goes by the name Rudratta.<ref name="para"/><ref name="different">Srikantaiya (2001), p35</ref> According to Sankaranarayanan, Rudrabhatta's ''Rasakalika'' played an important role in the development of Indian aesthetics. It was the source for poet Vidyanatha's work ''Prataparudriya''. The poet Vasudeva quotes from ''Rasakalika'' in his comments on the writing ''Karpurmanjari'' by [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)|Rajasekhara]]. He feels that today's scholars have not fully recognized the influence of Rudrabhatta of the Hoysala court.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Sankaranarayanan
|first=Kalpakam
|title=Rasakalika of Rudrabhatta
|publisher=The Adyar Library and Research Centre
|isbn=8185141010
}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Hoysala literature]]
*[[Kannada literature]]

==References==
'''Citations'''
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'''Bibliography'''
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* Sastri, Nilakanta K.A. [1955] (2002). ''A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar''. New Delhi: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-560686-8}}.
* Narasimhacharya, R (1988). ''History of Kannada Literature''. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. {{ISBN|81-206-0303-6}}.
* Mukherjee, Sujit (1999). ''Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850''. Oriental Blackswan, New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-2501453-5}}
* Sreekantaiyya, K N. (2001). ''Indian Poetics''. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-260-0807-5}}
* Datta, Amaresh (1988) ''Encyclopaedia of Indian literature''. Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-260-1194-7}}
* Shiva Prakash, H.S. (1997). "Kannada". Edited by Ayyappa Panicker. ''Medieval Indian Literature'', An Anthology, Volume 1. Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-260-0365-0}}
* Dalal, Roshan. (2011). ''Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide''. Penguin Books. {{ISBN|0-143-4142-16}}, {{ISBN|978-0143414216}}
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