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Vachana sahitya (Kannada:ವಚನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ) is a form of Kannada poetry, which evolved in the 12th Century C.E., as a part of the Veerashaiva movement. Vachanas, literally mean "(that which is) said". They are easily intelligible prose, which are easy to understand. This fact has been attributed to the popularity of the movement. Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ...
Kannada poetry is poetry written in the Kannada language spoken in Karnataka state of India. ...
Virasaivism is a religious movement of Hinduism in India. ...
Vachanas and Lingayatism
This form of writing, in the 20th century, has come to be closely linked with, what is called, the social revolution of that period in Karnataka led by the vachana writers, such as Basaveshvara, Allama Prabhu and Akka Mahadevi. More than 200 Vacahana poets (Vachanakaras) have been recorded, more than 30 of who were women.[1][2] KarnÄtakÄ (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...
Basaveshvara Basava (also known as Basaveshwara or Basavanna) is known as the founder of the lingayat (Lingayats) religious movement in India. ...
Allama Prabhu(ca 1150) was a mystic Veerashaiva saint and poet of the 12th century. ...
Akka Mahadevi (ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ) was a prominent figure of the Veerashaiva Bhakti movement in the 12th Century Karnataka. ...
Style Vachanas are brief disconnected paragraphs, each ending with one or the other local names, under which Lord Shiva is worshipped. In Style, they are epigrammatical, parallelistic and allusive. They dwell on the vanity of riches, the valuelessness of mere rites or book learning, the uncertainty of life and the spiritual previlages of Shiva Bhakta (worshiper of lord Shiva).[3] The Vachanas call the men to give up the desire for worldly wealth and ease, to live lives of sobriety and detachment form the world and to turn to Siva for refuge. [3] This article is about the Hindu God. ...
Authors of a particular Vachana can be identified by the style of invocation of god (Basveshvara invokes "Kudala Sangama Deva", while Allama Prabhu invokes "Guheshwara", Akkamadevi invokes "Channa Mallikarjuna") in the vachana. The existing readings of the vachanas are mostly set by the European understanding of the Indian traditions.
About 20,000 vachanas have been published. The government of Karnataka has published Samagra Vachana Samputa in 15 volumes. Karnataka University Dharwad has published collections of individual vachana poets. Karnatak University (Kannada: ಕರà³à²¨à²¾à²Ÿà²•à³ ವಿಶà³à²µà²µà²¿à²¦à³à²¯à²¾à²¨à²¿à²²à²¯) was established in 1949 at Mumbai. ...
Notes - ^ Sastri (1955), p361
- ^ Other well known Vachana writers were Chennabasava, Prabhudeva, Siddharama, Kondaguli Kesiraja etc. (Narasimhacharya 1988, p20)
- ^ a b Edward Rice, A History of Kannada Literature, 1921, Asian Educational Services, (Reprinted 1982), pp 56
References - Narasimhacharya, R [1988] (1988). History of Kannada Literature. New Delhi: Penguin Books. ISBN 81-206-0303-6.
- 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.
- Rice, Edward P [1921] (1982). A History of Kannada literature. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services,Oxford university press.
See also Basaveshvara Basava (also known as Basaveshwara or Basavanna) is known as the founder of the lingayat (Lingayats) religious movement in India. ...
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This name is used by two kingdoms who had a secession of dynasties from the 10th-12th century AD, ruling over areas in Central India (west Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan) and were called Chedi or Haihaya (Heyheya) (northern branch) and the other Kalachuri (southern branch). ...
External links - BSOA
- Vachana Sahitya Web Site Published by Government of Karnataka
- Vachanas as Caste Critiques: Orientalist Expression of Native Experience[1]
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