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Purandara Dasa (1484-1564)(ಪುರಂದರ ದಾಸ) is one of the most prominient composer in carnatic music.Contribution by Purandaradasa to music is immeasurable and he is often called the "Karnataka sangeeta pitamaha" (Father of Carnatic Music) . The dasas, among them Sripadaraya, Kanaka Dasa, Jagannatha Dasa, Vijaya Dasa, and Kamalesha Vittala and others, propounded bhakti to the Lord through music over several years. Image for the Purandara Dasa page. ...
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Purandara Dasa always concluded his songs with a salute to Lord Purandara Vittala. He is believed to have composed around 475,000 songs, although only a thousand or so of them are known today. All his musical compositions are in Kannada language, the state language of Karnataka. Purandara dasa is among the great saints of India in his understanding of the power of music and its appeal to illiterate common folk. Kannada (ಕನà³à²¨à²¡ ) is one of the major Dravidian languages of southern India and one of the oldest languages in India. ...
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Life of Purandaradasa Purandaradasa was born in 1484 AD in Purandaragad, a village near Hampi. He was the only son of Varadappa Nayak, a wealthy merchant. He was named Srinivasa, after the Lord of the Seven Hills. He received good education in accordance with family traditions and acquired proficiency in Kannada, Sanskrit, sacred lore, and in music.
When he was sixteen years old he married Saraswatibai, a pious god-fearing girl. He lost his parents when he was 20. He inherited his father's business (in precious stones and pawn-broking), and in the course of a short time, he expanded it and amassed immense wealth, thereby earning the appellation 'Navakoti Narayana'.
When he was at the zenith of his business, Providence enacted the now-famous 'nose-ring' episode, to make the greedy and miserly merchant realise the worthlessness of his attachment to worldly possessions. The shock treatment marked a turning point in his life. Giving away all his wealth to charity, he left his house with his wife and children to lead the life of a wandering minstrel to spread the gospel of God. He was only 30. In his very first song after the incident, he laments his wasted life of indulgence.
In the course of his wandering he met the holy sage Vyasaraya. According to Prof. Sambamoorthy, Srinivasa had his formal initiation at the hands of Vyasaraya in 1525 when the former was about 40 years old, and that the name Purandaradasa was bestowed on him by Satyadharma Teertha, a later occupant of the Vyasaraya Mutt.
Purandaradasa travelled extensively through the length and breadth of the Vijayanagara empire, composing and rendering soul-stirring songs in praise of god.
Purandaradasa spent his last years in Hampi. The mandapa in which he stayed is known as Purandaradasa Mandapa. He took sanyasa towards the close of his life. He joined his Maker in 1564.
His contribution to music [1] Purandaradasa was undoubtedly a great Haridasa, a saint-composer and a mystic. But the world of music remembers him and reveres him for his singular and unequalled contribution to the development of Carnatic music as "art music".
He laid the foundation for the teaching of art music in a scientific way. He systematised the teaching method by framing a series of graded lessons such as swaravali-s, janta swara-s, alankara-s, lakshana geeta-s, prabandha-s, ugabhoga-s and sooladi-s. A student gains mastery over swaraprastara and talaprastara by a systematic study and practice of these lessons.
He introduced Mayamalavagaula as the basic scale for music instruction. This is followed even now. He also composed a large number of lakshya and lakshana geeta-s.
His sooladi-s reveal his extraordinary mastery of the techniques of music, and are considered an authority for raga lakshana. Scholars have opined that a typical sooladi of Purandaradasa is a "learned, elaborate and difficult piece, giving a most comprehensive view of the important raga sanchara-s".
Scholars attribute the standardisation of varna mettu-s entirely to Purandaradasa.
The most important contribution he made was the fusion of bhava, raga and laya into organic units. He was a great composer and thousands of his krithis are available even today. This was probably the beginning of a krithi based classical music that Karnatic music is today (one of the distinguishing characters compared to Hindustani). Dasakoota followed and orally transmitted the system devised by Purandara and also his krithis.
Thus, Purandaradasa was a vaggeyakara, lakshanakara and the father of musical pedagogy. If today Carnatic music is synonymous with "art music", it is largely due to Purandaradasa; but for him it would have perhaps remained no different from devotional music. He is rightly called the "Sangeeta Pitamaha" of Carnatic music.
Even today the system followed for learning Carnatic music probably is the same one devised by Purandara and faithfully transmitted by Dasakoota.
His Compositions Purandaradasa's keertana-s are also known as 'pada-s' and 'devaranama-s'.
Purandaradasa was a prolific composer. According to his own statement, he had composed 4,75,000 songs. However, we have only about 600 compositions. His songs touch every aspect of spiritual life-- devotion, morality, ethics, good behaviour and compassion to all living beings.
Barring a few, all his compositions are in simple Kannada, the language of the masses. He set them in popular raga-s/tunes prevalent during his time so that the common man could easily learn and sing them, with an understanding of their meaning. Most of his keertana-s are in Adi tala and in madhyama kala.
Purandaradasa's devaranama-s occupy an honoured place in the devotional music of south India.
His philosophy Purity of heart, devotion to God and compassion towards all living beings form the core of Purandaradasa's philosophy. A householder's life was no impediment to spiritual progress, as his own life was an example.
According to him, mere accumulation of knowledge, repetition of formulas and observance of rituals are worthless if the heart is not pure. Equally useless is the wrangling over the 'nature' of God. Trust in God is far superior to beliefs in astrology and horoscopes.
Caste is not a matter of birth; it is in the character and conduct. The real service to God is the service to the poor and the suffering.
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