Sarvajña (

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 ...

: ) was a

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 celebrated on February 20 every year. He belongs to the caste of Kumbara. He is famous for his pithy three-lined poems called ''

tripadi Tripadi (Kannada, lit. ''tri'': three, ''pad'' or "adi": feet) is a native metre in the Kannada language dating back to c. 700 CE. Definition The ''tripadi'' consists of three lines, each differing from the others in the number of feet and moras ...

'' (written in the native three-line verse metre, "with three padas, a form of '' Vachana''"). He is also referred as Sarvagna in modern translation.

Early life

The period of Sarvajña's life has not been determined accurately, and very little is known about his personal life.

References

;Sources *Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology By K. Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi *Gandham Appa Rao, ''Vemana and Sarvajña'', Progressive Literature (1982). *''Anthology of Sarvajna's sayings'', Kannada Sahitya Parishat (1978). *K. B Prabhu Prasad, ''Sarvajna'', Sahitya Akademi (1987), reprint 1994 . ;Notes

External links

* http://www.kalagnanam.in/vira-vasantaraya/
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Sarvajna's vachana in Kannada

Sarvagna's Tripadi with translation, transliteration and explanation

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