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The Kadamba script is the first writing system devised specifically for writing Kannada and it was later adopted to write Telugu language. [4] The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script. The Kadamba script is one of the oldest of the southern group of the Brahmi script.
The first Kannada translation of the Kural text was made by Rao Bahadur R. Narasimhachar around 1910, who translated select couplets into Kannada. It was published under the title Nitimanjari, in which he had translated 38 chapters from the Kural, including 28 chapters from the Book of Virtue and 10 chapters from the Book of Polity. [1]
[1] [2] Viddṇācārya's Vārșikatantra is a karaṇa text written before 1370 CE. [ 3 ] The book, written in Nandinagari script, is a karaṇa text, that is, a book which explain the various computations in astronomy especially with regard to those related to the preparation of Panchangam -s ( calendar ).
Srikrishna Alanahalli (3 April 1947 – 4 January 1989) was an Indian novelist and poet.The majority of his works are written in the Kannada language.He became popular for his novels Kaadu (1972), Parasangada Gendethimma (1978) and Bhujangayyana Dasavataragalu (1982), all of which were adapted into films.
Other scripts similar to Kannada script are Sinhala script [7] (which included some elements from the Kadamba script [8]), and Old Peguan script (used in Burma). [9] The Kannada script (ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ akṣaramāle or ವರ್ಣಮಾಲೆ varṇamāle) is a phonemic abugida of forty-nine letters.
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. The word "vachanas" literally means "(that which is) said". These are readily intelligible prose texts.
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The text of Sabdamanidarpanam starts with an invocation of the great Kannada poets of earlier generations who are considered as authorities by Kesiraja, as cited by him. The expert way (sumārgam) of Gajaga, Gunanandi, Manasija, Asaga , Candrabhatta, Gunavarma , Srivijaya, Honna ( Ponna ), Hampa (Pampa), Sujanōttamsa – these provide the ...