This is a list of historical and modern Karnataka literature, arranged in chronological order of the historical polity or era from which the works originated. Karnataka literature originates from the Karnataka region of

South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territ ...

, which roughly corresponds to the modern state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. This list includes, but is not limited to, works written in the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

and

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

languages. Where information is available, the author or authors of the text are listed, followed by the title of the text and the language or languages in which the text is written. Multiple works by the same author are listed separately.

Western Ganga Dynasty Western Ganga was an important ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India which lasted from about 350 to 1000 CE. They are known as "Western Gangas" to distinguish them from the Eastern Gangas who in later centuries ruled over Kalinga (m ...
(350–1000)

* Pūjyapāda – ''

Sarvārthasiddhi ''Sarvārthasiddhi'' is a famous Jain text authored by '' Ācārya Pujyapada''. It is the oldest extan commentary on ''Ācārya Umaswami's Tattvārthasūtra'' (another famous Jain text). Traditionally though, the oldest commentary on the Tatt ...

'' (Sanskrit) * Jinasena II – '' Ādipurāṇa'' (Sanskrit) * Madhava II – ''Dattaka Sutrain'' (Sanskrit) *

Sripurusha Sripurusha was a Western Ganga Dynasty king who ruled from 726 - 788 CE. According to the Javali inscription Sripurusha ruled for 62 years. He had marital relations with the Badami Chalukyas and used titles such as ''Muttarasa'', ''Rajakesari'', ...

– ''Gajasastra'' *

Shivamara II Shivamara II was the son of Sripurusha and ruled the Western Ganga Dynasty from 788 – 816 C.E. He was also a noted scholar in Kannada, Sanskrit and Prakrit. He succeeded to the Ganga throne during a time when the Rashtrakuta were the empir ...

– ''Gajashtaka'' (Kannada) *Shivamara II – ''Sethubandha'' (

Prakrit The Prakrits (; sa, prākṛta; psu, 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀤, ; pka, ) are a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. The term Prakrit is usu ...

) * Hemasena or Vidya Dhananjaya – ''Raghavpandaviya'' * Vidhibhasimha – ''Gadyachintamani'' *Vidhibhasimha – ''Kshatrachudamani'' * Guru Nemichandra – ''Gommatasara'' *

Chavundaraya Chavundraya or Chamundaraya (Kannada ''Cāmuṇḍarāya, Cāvuṇḍarāya'', 940–989) was an Indian military commander, architect, poet and minister. He served in the court of the Western Ganga dynasty of Talakad (in modern Karnataka, In ...

– ''Chavundaraya Purana'' (Kannada) *Chavundaraya – ''Charitrasara'' (Kannada) *Chavundaraya – ''Trishashti Laksan Puran'' (Kannada) * Nagavarma I – ''Chandombhudhi'' * Jinasena I – ''Harivamsha'' (Sanskrit)

Rashtrakuta Dynasty Rashtrakuta ( IAST: ') (r. 753-982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing thei ...
(753–982)

* Trivikrama – ''Nalachampu'' (Sanskrit) * Halayudha – ''Kavirahasya'' *Halayudha – ''Mritasanjivini'' * Somadevasuri – ''Nitikavyamrita'' * Mahaviracharya – ''Ganita-Sara-Samgraha'' * Virasenacharya – ''Jayadhavala-Tika'' * Jinasenacharya – ''Parsvabhyudaya'' ''Mahapurana'' *Jinasenacharya – ''Dhavala'' * Gunabhadra – ''Uttarapurana'' (Sanskrit) *

Asaga Asaga was a 9th-century Digambara Jain poet who wrote in Sanskrit and Kannada language. He is most known for his extant work in Sanskrit, the ''Vardhamana Charitra'' (Life of Vardhamana). This epic poem which runs into eighteen cantos was writ ...

– ''Vardhamana Purana'' (Kannada) *

Amoghavarsha I Amoghavarsha I (also known as Amoghavarsha Nrupathunga I) (r.814–878 CE) was the greatest emperor of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, and one of the most notable rulers of Ancient India. His reign of 64 years is one of the longest precisely dated mo ...

– ''Prashottara Ratnamakike'' (Kannada) *Amoghavarsha I – ''Kavirajamarga'' (Kannada) *

Sri Ponna Ponna ( kn, ಪೊನ್ನ) (c. 945) was a noted Kannada poet in the court of Rashtrakuta Dynasty king Krishna III (r.939–968 CE). The emperor honoured Ponna with the title "emperor among poets" (''Kavichakravarthi'') for his ...

– ''Bhuvanaika-Ramabhyudaya'' (Kannada) *Sri Ponna – ''Santipurana'' (Kannada) *Sri Ponna – ''Jinaksaramale'' (Kannada) * Adikavi Pampa – ''Adipurana'' (Kannada) *Adikavi Pampa – ''

Vikramarjuna Vijaya ''Vikramarjuna Vijaya'' (Kannada- ವಿಕ್ರಮಾರ್ಜುನ ವಿಜಯ) (''victory of the mighty Arjuna''), also known as Pampa Bharatha is a classic work of the 10th century Jain poet Pampa (902–975 AD). It is a Kannada version ...

'' (Kannada) *

Shivakotiacharya Shivakotiacharya (also Shivakoti), a writer of the 9th-10th century, is considered the author of didactic Kannada language Jain text ''Vaddaradhane'' (''lit'', "Worship of elders", ca. 900). A prose narrative written in pre-Old-Kannada (''P ...

– ''

Vaddaradhane Vaddaradhane by Shivakotiacharya is the earliest extant prose work in Kannada. It is a didactic work consisting of nineteen stories and is based on Harisena's ''Brhatkathakosa''. The work is also known for mentioning the precursor to modern idl ...

'' (Kannada)

Seuna (Yadava) Dynasty The Seuna, Sevuna, or Yadavas of Devagiri ( IAST: Seuṇa, –1317) was a Medieval Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a kingdom stretching from the Narmada river in the north to the Tungabhadra river in the south, in the western part of ...
(860–1317)

* Kamalabhava – ''Santhishwarapurana'' (Kannada) * Achanna – ''Varadhamanapurana'' (Kannada) * Chundarasa of Pandharapura – ''Dashakumara Charite'' (Kannada)

Western Chalukya Empire The Western Chalukya Empire ruled most of the Deccan Plateau, western Deccan, South India, between the 10th and 12th centuries. This Kannada people, Kannadiga dynasty is sometimes called the ''Kalyani Chalukya'' after its regal capital at Kalya ...
(973–1189)

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– ''Ajitapurana'' (Kannada) *Ranna – ''Sahasabhimavijaya'' (Kannada) *Ranna – ''Gadayuddha'' (Kannada) *Ranna – ''Rannakanda'' (Kannada) * Chavundaraya II – ''Lokopakara'' (Kannada) * Chandraraja – ''Madanatilaka'' (Kannada) * Shridharacharya – ''Jatakatilaka'' (Kannada) * Kirtivarma – ''Govaidya'' (Kannada) * Durgasimha – ''Panchatantra'' (Kannada) * Nagavarma – ''Kavyavalokana'' (Kannada) * Brahmashiva – ''Samayaparikshe'' (Kannada) * Vadiraja – ''Yashodharacharitam'' (Sanskrit) *Vadiraja – ''Parshvanatha Charitam'' (Sanskrit) * Bilhana – ''Vikramankadeva Charitha'' (Sanskrit) * Vijananeshvara – ''Mitakshara'' (Sanskrit) *

Someshwara III Someshvara III (; ) was a Western Chalukya king (also known as the Kalyani Chalukyas), the son and successor of Vikramaditya VI. He ascended the throne of the Western Chalukya Kingdom in 1126 CE, or 1127 CE. Someshvara III, the third king in t ...

– ''Abhilashithartha Chinthamani'' or ''Manasollasa'' (Sanskrit) *Someshwara III – ''Chandraprabhacharite'' (Sanskrit) * Jagadekamalla – ''Sangithachudamani'' (Sanskrit) * Jagaddala Somanatha – ''Karnataka Kalyanakaraka'' (Kannada) * Karnaparya – ''Neminatha Purana'' (Kannada) * Nayasena – ''Dharmamrita'' (Kannada) * Brahmasiva – ''Samayaparikshe'' (Kannada) * Shantiraja – ''Sukumaracharita'' (Kannada) * Vritta Vilasa – Translation of Sanskrit text ''Dharama Parikshe'' (Kannada) *

Nagavarma II Nagavarma II (mid-11th or mid-12th century) was a Kannada language scholar and grammarian in the court of the Western Chalukya Empire that ruled from Basavakalyan, in modern Karnataka state, India. He was the earliest among the three most notable ...

– ''Kavyavalokana'' (Kannada) *Nagavarma II – ''Bhashabhushana'' (Kannada) *Nagavarma II – ''Abhidana Vastukosha'' (Kannada)

Hoysala Empire (950–1343)

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the '' Dvaita'' (dualism) sch ...

– '' Sarvamula Granthas'' (Sanskrit) * Vidyatirtha – ''Rudraprashnabhashya'' (Sanskrit) *

Nagachandra Nagachandra or Abhinava Pampa was a 12th-century poet in the Kannada language. Biography Nagachandra, a scholar and the builder of the Mallinatha Jinalaya (a Jain temple in honor of the 19th Jain tirthankar, Māllīnātha, in Bijapur, ...

– ''Ramachandra Charitapurana'' (Kannada) *Nagachandra – ''Mallinathapurana'' (Kannada) * Harihara – ''Girija Kalyana'' (Kannada) *Harihara – ''Basavarajadevara Ragale'' (Kannada) *

Raghavanka Raghavanka ( kn, ರಾಘವಾಂಕ) was a noted Kannada writer and a poet in the Hoysala court who flourished in the late 12th to early 13th century. Raghavanka is credited for popularizing the use of the native '' shatpadi'' metre (hexa m ...

– ''Harischandra Kavya'' (Kannada) *Raghavanka – ''Siddhara Chanitra'' (Kannada) *Raghavanka – ''Veeresha Charite'' (Kannada) *Raghavanka – ''Sharabha Charitre'' (Kannada) *Raghavanka – ''Somanathacharita'' (Kannada) *Raghavanka – ''Harihara Mahatwa'' (Kannada) *

Janna Janna (Kannada : ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಜನ್ನ) was one of the well-known Kannada poets of the early 13th century who also served in the capacity of a minister and a builder of temples. He graced the court of Hoysala empire King Veera Ba ...

– ''Yashodhara Charite'' (Kannada) *Janna – ''Ananthanatha Purana'' (Kannada) *

Nemichandra Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarty (fl. 10th century) was the author of ''Dravyasamgraha'', '' Gommatsāra'' (''Jivakanda'' and ''Karmakanda''), ''Trilokasara'', ''Labdhisara'' and ''Kshapanasara''. He was among the most distinguished of the Jai ...

– ''Leelavati'' (Kannada) *Nemichandra – ''Neminatha Purana'' (Kannada) * Achanna – ''Vardhamana Purana'' *

Rudrabhatta 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.N ...

– ''Jagannatha Vijaya'' (Kannada) * Mallikarjuna – ''Sukti'' (Kannada) *Mallikarjuna – ''Sudharnava'' (Kannada) *

Kesiraja Kēśirāja, also spelled Keshiraja ( kn, ಕೇಶಿರಾಜ), was a 13th-century Kannada grammarian, poet and writer. He is particularly known for authoring '' Shabdamanidarpana'', an authoritative work on Kannada grammar. According to Dravi ...

– ''

Shabdamanidarpana ''Shabdamanidarpanam'' (Kannada: ಶಬ್ದಮಣಿದರ್ಪಣಮ್), also spelled ''Śabdamaṇidarpaṇam'', is a comprehensive and authoritative work on Kannada grammar written by Kesiraja in 1260 CE.E.P. Rice – pp 111 This work ...

'' (Kannada) * Hastimalla – ''Adipurana'' (Kannada) * Andayya – ''Vardhamana Purana'' (Kannada) *Andayya – ''Kabbigarakava ''(Kannada) * Choundarasa – ''Abhinava Dasha Kumara Charitha'' (Kannada) *Choundarasa – ''Nala Champu'' (Kannada) * Rajaditya – ''Kshetraganita'' (Kannada) *Rajaditya – ''Vyavaharaganita'' (Kannada) *Rajaditya – ''Lilavati'' (Kannada) * Ratta Kavi – ''Rata-Mata'' (Kannada) * Bandhuvarma – ''Neminatha Purana'' (Kannada) *Bandhuvarma – ''Harivamsha'' (Kannada) * Mahabalakavi – ''Neminatha Purana'' (Kannada) * Padmarasa – ''Dikshabodhe'' (Kannada) * Hastimalla – ''Adipurana'' * Trivikrama – ''Ushaharana'' (Sanskrit) * Narayana Pandita – ''Madhwavijaya'' (Sanskrit) *Narayana Pandita – ''Manimanjari'' (Sanskrit) *Narayana Pandita – ''Parijataharana'' (Sanskrit) * Vidyacharkarvartin II – ''Rukminikalyana'' (Sanskrit)

Kalachuri dynasty The Kalachuris (IAST: Kalacuri), also known as Kalachuris of Mahishmati, were an Indian dynasty that ruled in west-central India between 6th and 7th centuries. They are also known as the Haihayas or as the Early Kalachuris to distinguish them ...
(1164–1181), Virashaiva Saints and
Vachana Vachana sahitya is a form of rhythmic writing in Kannada (see also Kannada poetry) that evolved in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th century, as a part of the Sharana movement. Madara Chennaiah, an 11th-century cobbler-saint who live ...
karas

Basavanna Basaveshwara, colloquially known as Basavanna, was a 12th-century CE Indian statesman, philosopher, poet, Lingayat social reformer in the Shiva-focussed bhakti movement, and a Hindu Shaivite social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chal ...

(known as ''Basaveshvara'' wrote the spiritual lyrics ''

vachanas Vachana sahitya is a form of rhythmic writing in Kannada (see also Kannada poetry) that evolved in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th century, as a part of the Sharana movement. Madara Chennaiah, an 11th-century cobbler-saint who live ...

'' – Kannada) * Madivala Machayya (''vachanakara'' – Kannada) * Madara Channayya (''vachanakara'' – Kannada) * Sakalesha Madarasa (''vachanakara'' – Kannada) * Ramanna (''vachanakara'' – Kannada) * Sujikayakada Ramitande (''vachanakara'' – Kannada) * Medara Ketayya (''vachanakara'' – Kannada) * Kayakada Basappa (''vachanakara'' – Kannada) * Virupaksha Pandita – (''Chennabasavapurana'' – Kannada) * Dharani Pandita – (''Bijjalarayacharite'' – Kannada) * Chandrasagara Varni (''Bijjalarayapurana'' – Kannada)

Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also called the Karnata Kingdom, was a Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana and Mahar ...
(1336–1646), Kannada Haridasa Sahitya

Kumara Vyasa Narayanappa ( kn, ನಾರಾಯಣಪ್ಪ), known by his pen name Kumara Vyasa ( kn, ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸ), was an influential and classical Vaishnava poet of early 15th century in the Kannada language. His pen name is a tribute ...

(1430 AD) (''Gadugina Bharata'' or ''Karnataka Bharata KathaManjari'' a Kannada adaptation of Mahabharata and ''Airavata''. His title was ''Rupaka Samrajya Chakravarti'' (Emperor of the World of Metaphors).) * Narahri or Kumara Valmiki (1500 AD) (''Torave Ramayana'' in Kannada & ''Smriti Kaustubha'' in Sanskrit) * Vittalanatha (''Bhagavatha'') – Kannada * Ratnakarvarni (16th century) (''Bharatesha Vaibhava'', Triloka Sataka, ''Someswara Sataka'') – Kannada * Nanjunda – ''Kumara Rama Charita'' (16th century) – Kannada * BhimaKavi – ''Basavapurana''(1369 AD) – Kannada * Padmanaka – Kannada * Kereya Padmarasa – ''Padmaraja Purana'' (1385 AD) – Kannada * Lakkana Dandesa ''Shivatatwa Chintamani'' (1428 AD) – Kannada * Gubbi Mallanacharya – ''Veerasaivamrita'' (1513 AD) – Kannada * Singiraja – Kannada * Chamarasa (''Prabhulinga Leele'') – Kannada * Akalanka (16th century), Jain scholar – Kannada * Bhattakalaka (16th century) – Kannada grammarian * Mangaraja (1360 AD) (''Khagendra-Mani-Darpana'', work on poisons and antidotes) – Kannada * Sayana (''Vedartha Prakasha'', ''Yajnatantra Sudhanidhi'', ''Prayaschitra Sudhanidhi'' and ''Purushartha Sudhanidhi'') – Sanskrit * Madhava Vidyaranya (''Parasara – Madhaviya'', ''Sarva-darshana-samgraha'') – Sanskrit * Devanna Bhatta (''Smriti Chandrika'') – Sanskrit *

Gangadevi Gangadevi, also known as Gangambika, was a 14th-century princess and Sanskrit-language poet of the Vijayanagara Empire of present-day India. She was wife of Kumara Kampana, the son of the Vijayanagara king Bukka Raya I (c. 1360s-1370s). Ganga ...

(Poet, ''Madhura Vijayam'') – Sanskrit *

Tirumalamba Tirumalamba, a poet of the Vijayanagara Empire, wrote "Varadambika Parinayam", the story of marriage of King Achyuta Deva Raya, in Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan ...

Devi (Poet, ''Varadambika Parinayam'') – Sanskrit * Krishnadevaraya (''Madalasa Charita'', ''Satyavadu Parinaya''& ''Rasamanjari'' – Sanskrit * Ramaraja (''Bakhair'' – Battle of Talikota – Persian??) * Timmanna Kavi, patronised by king Krishnadevaraya, Kannada * Kereya Padmarasa, ''Padmaraja Purana'' – Kannada * Linganna, Keladinripavijayam – Kannada * Unknown author, ''Krishnadevarayana Dinachari'' is a recent discovery in Kannada. * Chatu Vithalanatha, Kannada * Madhura, Kannada * Salva * Mallanarya, Veerasaivamrita – Kannada * Lakkana Dandesa, ''Shivatatwa Chintamani'' – Kannada * Shivagna Prasadi Mahadevayya and Halageyadeva, ''Shunya Sampadane'' – Kannada * Kallumathada Prabhuva – Kannada * Jakkanna – Kannada * Maggeya Mayideva – Kannada * Tontada Siddalingayati – Kannada

Haridasa The Haridasa Bhakti Sahitya devotional movement (sampradaya) originated in Karnataka, India, after Madhvacharya, and spread to eastern states such as Bengal and Assam of medieval India. Over a span of nearly six centuries, several saints and ...

Purandaradasa Purandara Dasa (IAST: Purandara dāsa) ( 1470 – 1565) was a Haridasa philosopher and a follower of Madhwacharya 's Dwaitha philosophy -saint from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a composer, singer and one of the chief founding-prop ...

(1484–1564 AD) (Father of Carnatic music. Composed 475,000 songs in Kannada. His titles were''DasaShreshta'' ''Purandaropanishat'', ''Sangitapitamaha'') *

Kanakadasa Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609) was a Haridasa saint and philosopher, popularly called Daasashreshta Kanakadasa (ದಾಸಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕನಕದಾಸ). He was a renowned composer of Carnatic music, poet, reformer and musician. He is kn ...

(1509–1607 AD) (''Padas and Keertans'' ''RamadhyanaCharite'', ''Haribhakthisara'', ''Kalacharithre'', ''Mohana Tarangini'', ''Nalacharitre'' – Kannada) * Narahari Thirtha * Padmanabha Thirtha * Akshobhya Thirtha *

Jayatirtha Sri Jayatirtha (), ''also known as'' Teekacharya () (1345 - 1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha from (1365 – 1388). He is considered to be one of the most important seers in ...

– ''Nyaya sudha'', ''Tattva prakashika'', ''Prameya deepika'', ''Nyaya deepika'
Important works
*

Sripadaraya Sripadaraja ( sa, श्रीपादराज; ) or Sripadaraya, also known by his pontifical name Lakshminarayana Tirtha (1422 - 1480), was a Hindu Dvaita philosopher, scholar and composer and the pontiff of the Madhvacharya mutt at Mulb ...

of Mulbagal (1500 AD) *

Vyasatirtha Vyāsatīrtha (. 1460 – 1539), also called ''Vyasaraja'' or ''Chandrikacharya'', was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order of Vedanta. As the patron saint of the Vija ...

(1447 – 1539 AD) – Guru of

and Krishnadevaraya wrote ''Nyayamritam'', ''Tarkatandava'', Tatparya Chandrik
Important Works
* Sri Vadirajaswami

Later Haridasa

* Guru Raghavendra Swami (1600–1671 AD) the great Sage of Manthralay
Important works
* Vijaya Dasa (1687–1755 AD) * Mohana Dasa * Gopala Dasa (1721–1762 AD) * Helavanakatte Giriyamma * Jagannatha Dasa (1728–1809 AD) (''Harikathamrithasara'', ''Uga Bhogas'', ''Keerthanas'' and ''Tathva Suvalis''– Kannada)

Kannada literature from
Mysore Kingdom The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. From 1799 until 1950, it was a princely state, until 1947 in a subsidiary alliance with Brit ...
,
Keladi Nayaka Nayakas of Keladi (1499–1763), also known as Nayakas of Bednore and Ikkeri Nayakas, were an Indian dynasty based in Keladi in present-day Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. They were an important ruling dynasty in post-medieval Karnata ...
kingdom

* Basappanayaka (''Shivatatwa Ratnakara'' – History Keladi Kings) * Linganna (''Keladi Napra Vijaya''– History of Keladi Kings) * Chikkupadhyaya, Minister and teacher of His Highness Sri Chikkadevaraja

Wodeyar The Wadiyar dynasty (formerly spelt Wodeyer or Odeyer, also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore), is a late-medieval/ early-modern South Indian Hindu royal family of former kings of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city. ...

(1670 AD) – more than 30 works in

* Tirumalaraya (1680 CE) (''Chikkadevaraja Vijayam'', ''Chikkadevaraja Vamshaavali'' – History of Mysore Kings) * Govinda Vaidya (1648 CE) (''Narasaraja Vijaya'' – History of Mysore Kings) * Bhattakalanka Deva (1604 AD) (''Karnataka Shabdaushasana'' on grammar) * Sakdakshara Deva (1657 AD) (''Rajshekhara Vilasa'' – romantic champu) * Noorondayya (1740 AD) (''Soundara Kavya'') * Nijaguna Yogi (1650 AD) (''Viveka Chintamani'' – Shaiva work) * Nanja Raja (1760 AD) (''Shiva Bhakti Mahatmya'' and ''Hari Vamsa'' – Puranic works) * Brahma Kavi (''Samaya Pariksha'') *

Sarvajna Sarvajña (Kannada: ) was a Kannada poet, pragmatist and philosopher of the 16th century. The word "Sarvajna" in Sanskrit literally means "the all knowing". His father was Kumbara Malla and his mother was Mallaladevi. His birth anniversary is ...

(1650 AD) (''tripadis'' or ''vachanas'' pithy three lined poems in Kannada)

Kannada literature from old Bangalore (18th century – 20th century)

18th-century Kannada * Guru Nanjesh (''Jayastuti'') * Ekambara Dikshit (''Veerabhdra Vijaya'') * Jayaram Pande (''Radha Madhava Vilasa'') * Mudduveeraswamy (1700 AD) (''Vachanakara'') * Sarpabhooshana Shivayogi (1795–1839 AD) (''Vachanakara'') * Mahant Desika (''Vachanakara'') * Jeerage Basavalingacharya (''Vachanakara'') 19th-century Kannada (topics: grammar, linguistics, Jain and Virashaiva philosophy, geology, agriculture, politics) * Siddhanti Velanada * Subramanya Shastri * Siddhanti Shivakumara Shastri * Srinivasa * Nagasharma * Dakshinamurthy Shastri * Padmaraja Bhramasuri * Ramanathapuram Raguraya * S. N. Narasimhaiah * Doddabele Narayana Shastri – commentary on ''Jaimini Bharatha'', ''Sundarakhanda'', translations of Kalidasa works 20th-century Kannada * Bidare Ashwatha Narayana shastri (''Dhammapada'') * B. Puttiah (printing technology) * Panyam Sudarashastri (a translation of ''Bhasa Dharma'') * S.K. Nasasimhaiya (biography of Magadi Kempe Gowda) * Toppulu Raghavacharya (translation of commentary on ''Gita'') * Mahant desika (''Yakshagana'' composition) * Balasaraswati (first detective novel) * Mahadevaswamy (nicknamed ''Abhinava Allama'') * Pt. Shivakumar Swamy * Siddalingaswamy of Beli Matha * Nanjundaswamy of Guruvanna Matha * Pt. B. Shivamurty Shastri 20th-century Sanskrit Keerthanakaras * Singeri NarasimhaShastri * M. Lakshminarasimha Shastri * Varada Desikachar * Jaggu Vakulabhushana * Rariapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma * Motaganahalli Subramanya Shastri 20th-century harikathe dasaru * Gururajulu Naidu * Sant Keshava Das * Bhadragiri Achuth Das * Malur Sonnappa * Muiratnam Mudaliar

Modern Kannada poets, scholars and writers

Sahitya Academy Awardees * 1955 Kuvempu (K. V. Puttappa) ''Sri Ramayana Darsanam'' (epic) * 1956

R. S. Mugali Ram Shri Mugali (Ranganatha Srinivasa Mugali) (15 July 1906 – 20 February 1993) was a Kannada language writer. He was awarded the central Sahitya Akademi in 1956 for his work "Kannada Sahitya Charitre". He was the president of the 44th Kannad ...

''Kannada Sahitya Charitre'' (history of literature) * 1958 D. R. Bendre ''Aralu-Maralu'' (poetry) * 1959

K. Shivaram Karanth Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian polymath, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him th ...

''Yakshagana Bayalata'' (a treatise on folk-drama) * 1960 'Vinayaka' (

V. K. Gokak Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (9 August 1909 – 28 April 1992), abbreviated in Kannada as Vi. Kru. Gokak, was an Indian historian and writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer to be hono ...

) ''Dyava-Prithvi'' (poetry) * 1961

A. R. Krishnashastry Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry (1890–1968) was an Indian writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language. Krishnashastry has remained popular four decades after his death through his work ''Vachana Bharata'', and his narration of ...

''Bengali Kadambarikara Bankim Chandra'' (a critical study) * 1962

Devudu Narasimha Sastri Devudu Narasimha Sastry (ದೇವುಡು ನರಸಿಂಹಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ. 29 December 1886 - 27 October 1962), known popularly by his pen-name Devudu was an eminent Kannada writer and novelist, Sanskrit scholar, actor and a journal ...

''Mahakshatriya'' (novel) * 1964

B. Puttaswamayya B. Puttaswamayya ( kannada:ಬಿ. ಪುಟ್ಟಸ್ವಾಮಯ್ಯ) (24 May 1897 – 25 January 1984) was a novelist, playwright and journalist in the Kannada language. He was awarded the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award in 1964 for hi ...

''Kranti-Kalyana'' (novel) * 1965 S. V. Ranganna ''Ranga Binnapa'' (philosophical reflections) * 1966 P. T. Narasimhachar ''Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Rupakagalu'' (musical plays) * 1967 D. V. Gundappa ''Shrimad Bhagavadgita Tatparya Athava Jivanandharmayoga'' (philosophical expositions) * 1968 'Srinivasa' (

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly re ...

) ''Sannakathegalu'' (12–13) (short stories) * 1969 H. Tipperudraswamy ''Karnataka Samskriti Sameekshe'' (cultural study) * 1970 S. B. Joshi ''Karnataka Samskritiya Poorva Peethike'' (cultural study) * 1971 Adya Rangacharya ''Kalidasa'' (literary criticism) * 1972 S. S. Bhoosnurmath ''Shoonyasampadaneya Paramarshe'' (commentary) * 1973 V. Sitaramiah ''Aralu Baralu'' (poetry) * 1974

Gopalakrishna Adiga Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga (1918–1992) was a modern Kannada poet. He is known by some commentators as the "pioneer of New style" poetry. The Hindu - 26 September 2002 Biography He was born in an orthodox brahmin family in coastal village of ...

''Vardhamaana'' (poetry) * 1975 S. L. Bhyrappa ''Daatu'' (novel) * 1975 L. Gundappa Translations from Tamil, Sanskrit to Kannada * 1976 M. Shivaram ''Mana Manthana'' (psychiatric studies) * 1977 K. S. Narasimhaswamy ''Tereda Baagilu'' (poetry) * 1978 B. G. L. Swamy ''Hasuru Honnu'' (travelogue) * 1979 A. N. Murthy Rao ''Chitragalu Patragalu'' * 1980 Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar ''Americadalli Goruru'' (travelogue) * 1981 Chennaveera Kanavi ''Jeewa Dhwani'' (poetry) * 1982 Chanduranga ''Vyshakha'' (novel) * 1983

Yashwant Chittal Yashwant Vithoba Chittal ( kn, ಯಶವಂತ ವಿಠೇೂಬಾ ಚಿತ್ತಾಲ) (3 August 1928 – 22 March 2014) was a Kannada fiction writer. G. S. Amur said: "His short stories, many of them were outstanding, and came with h ...

''Katheyaadalu Hudugi'' (short stories) * 1984 G. S. Shivarudrappa ''Kavyartha Chintana'' (literary criticism) * 1985 T. R. Subba Rao ''Durgaasthamaana'' (novel) * 1986

Vyasaraya Ballal Vyasaraya Ballal (Kannada:ವ್ಯಾಸರಾಯ ಬಲ್ಲಾಳ) (1 December 1923 – 30 January 2008) was a major writer in the Kannada language and Sahitya Academy Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India ...

''Bandaaya'' (novel) * 1987 K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi ''Chidambara Rahasya'' (novel) * 1988

Shankar Mokashi Punekar Shankar Mokashi Punekar (ಶಂಕರ ಮೊಕಾಶಿ ಪುಣೇಕರ್, 8 May 1928 – 11 August 2004) was a well known writer in the Kannada Language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian ...

''Avadheshwari'' (novel) * 1989 H. M. Nayak ''Samprati'' (belles lettres) * 1990

Devanur Mahadeva Devanoora Mahadeva is an Indian writer and intellectual who writes in Kannada language. The Government of India conferred upon him the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian award. Known among literary circles to be a rebel, Mahadeva re ...

''Kusuma Bale'' (novel) * 1991

Chandrashekhara Kambara Chandrashekhara Kambara ( kn, ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ; born 2 January 1937) is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hamp ...

''Sirisampige'' (play) * 1992

Subbanna Ekkundi Subbanna R. Ekkundi (1923–1995) was a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, National Aaward for Teacher and Soviet Land Award. Ekkundi was born in Ranebennur of Haveri district in the year 1923. His father was Ranganath and mother was Rajakka ...

''Bakulada Hoovugalu'' (poetry) * 1993 P. Lankesh ''Kallu Karaguva Samaya'' (short stories) * 1994 Girish Raghunath Karnad ''Tale Danda'' (play) * 1995 Kirtinath Kurtkoti ''Uriya Nalage'' (criticism) * 1996 G. S. Amur ''Bhuvanada Bhagya'' (literary criticism) * 1997 M. Chidananda Murthy ''Hosatu Hosatu'' (criticism) * 1998 B.C. Ramchandra Sharma ''Sapthapadi'' (poetry) * 1999 D. R. Nagaraj ''Sahitya Kathana'' (essays) * 2000 Shantinath Kuberappa Desai ''Om Namo'' (novel) * 2001 L. S. Sheshagiri Rao ''English Sahitya Charitre'' (literary history) * 2002 Sujana (

S. Narayana Shetty S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. S may also refer to: History * an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer (historian), Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics * Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s ...

) ''Yugasandhya'' (epic) * 2003 K. V. Subbanna ''Kaviraja Marga Mattu Kannada'', ''Jagattu'' (essays) * 2004 Geetha Nagabhushana ''Baduku'' (novel) * 2005 Raghavendra Patil ''Teru'' (novel) Kendra Sahitya Academy Awardees (translation) *2005 Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath, Urdu to Kannada *

Saraswati Samman The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after the Hindu goddess of knowledge, Saraswati. The Saras ...

Awardee * S. L. Bhyrappa Other eminent writers *

Panje Mangesh Rao Panje Mangesh Rao (1874–1937) was an Indian writer and poet who wrote short stories, essays, poems and children's rhymes in Kannada.He is known as 'kavishishya'. He wrote Huthariya haadu, Naagara haave, Koti chennaya, Gudugudu Gummata Devaru, M ...

* De. Javare Gowda * Annadanayya Puranik – Vachanas, Law, Shiva Sharana literature * Siddayya Puranik – Vachanas, Shiva Sharana literature * Chandrika Puranik – Shiva Sharana literature * Udaya Shankar Puranik – science and technology, columnist * Haldoderi Sudhindra – columnist * Pandit Kallinath Shastri Puranik – 12 Puranas and Ayurveda * Basavaraj Puranik – Shiva Sharana literature * Samethanahalli Rama Rao (Raasa) * Anupama Niranjana * B. M. Srikanthaiah (B. M. Sri) * Dr. A. N. Krishna Rao (Anakru) * G. P. Rajarathnam * G. B. Joshi (JadaBharata) * M Govinda Pai * M. V. Seetaramiah * Nisar Ahmed K. S. * P. Lankesh * Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath * SAADHANE-RajguruGuruswamiKalikeri (Poetry, research, legends, biographies and lyrics) * S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta * T. P. Kailasam – drama * Tha. Ra. Subbarao * Thee. Nam. Shree * R. K. Narayan, author * R. K. Laxman, cartoonist & humorist * Kamala Markhandaya * Triveni (''Sharapanjara''), novelist * G. P. Rajaratnam (''Ratnana Padagalu'') * Beechi – humorist * Dr M.Shivaram, Rashi – humorist * T. Sunandamma – humorist * H. L. Nage Gowda – folklorist * Go Ru Chennabsappa (Go Ru Cha) – Janapada Saahithya & Sharana Saahithya * Anakaru – novelist * M. Ramamurthy * K. V. Iyer * Devudu * Niranjana * Na. Kasturi *

Navaratna Rama Rao Navaratna Rama Rao (27 May 1877 – 1960) was an eminent Indian political leader and writer based in Mysore. The title "Navaratna", which means ''Nine Gems'', was given to him by the seer of Uttaradi Mutt for the scholarly services rendered to t ...

* T. T. Sharma – journalism * VeeraKesari * Siddavanahalli Krishna Sharma * Hariharapriya * R. Kalyanamma * Tirumale Rajamma * Ambabai * H. V. Savitramma * H. S. Parvathi * Chi. Na. Mangala * H. R. Indira * M. K. Indira * M. V. Kanakamma * Nirupama * N. Pankaja * Usha Navaratna Ram * Kakolu Saroja Rao * Anupama Niranjana * Vi. Seetharamiah, poet, critic * Basavaraja Kattimani * Nanjanagudu Tirumalamba (author) * Sundar V. Nadkarni, fiction writer and poet * Ta. Raa.Subba Rao, novelist * Veenaa Shantheshvara, short story writer * Vaidehi, short story writer * Sumangala, short story writer * Dr

K. R. Sandhya Reddy K is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet. K may also refer to: General uses * K (programming language), an array processing language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx Systems * K (cider), a British draft cider manufac ...

, poet, story writer, folk literature * T. K. Venkatesh Prabhu – novelist & poet * A. N. Prahlada Rao Kannada crossword writer *

Pratibha Nandakumar Pratibha Nandakumar (25 January 1955) is an Indian poet, journalist, feminist, columnist and activist who works in Kannada and English. She is considered as one of the pioneers of modern woman's poetry in Kannada literature. For her work ''Kavade ...

, poet * D. R. Nagraj, critic * K. V. Narayana, literary critic and linguist * B. C. Ramachandra Sharma, poet and fictionist * Shanhinatha Desai, novelist, story writer * Kum. Veerabhadrappa, novelist, story writer * Gowri Lankesh, columnist * Vishweswara Bhat, columnist * Abdul Raheem Teekay, Writer'Rasavadi' Kannada Translation of 'The Alchemist'.
/ref> * Ravi Hanj, columnist * B. V. Veerabhadrappa, columnist * Dr. N. Someswara, health writer * N. Narasimhaiah – detective novelist * A. N. Murthy Rao * Dr. S. R. Ramaswamy, journalist * Ba. Na. Sundara Rao, author and journalist * Shivarudraprasad, poet and columnist Literature originating from Christian missionaries * Rev. John Garet (translated Bible, Bhagavadgita, Panchatantra, Shabda Manidarpana to Kannada) * Daniel Sanderson (translated Jaimini Bharata to English) * Thomas Hodson * Ellis Robert * Rev. B. L Rice * Edward Peter Rice

References

* Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, ''A Concise history of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present'', Jupiter Books, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002), * Prof K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, ''History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar'', 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002), * R. Narasimhacharya, ''History of Kannada Literature'', 1988, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, Madras, 1988, . * Ramachandra Sidenur, ''Karmanye Vadhi Karaste'', 2004, Dharwad.

External links

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