Writers from Karnataka

Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799

Madhvacharya (; ; 1199–1278 CE or 1238–1317 CE), also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning "arguments from a realist viewpoint". Madhvacharya was born at Pajaka near Udupi on the west coast of Karnataka state in 13th-century India. As a teenager, he became a Sanyasi (monk) joining Brahma-sampradaya guru Achyutapreksha, of the Ekadandi order. Madhva studied the classics of Hindu philosophy, and wrote commentaries on the Principal Upanish

Indian writer and activist (born 1948)

Indian writer and critic in the Kannada language

Telugu novelist, translator, and English professor at Osmania University

Indian Sufi saint

Indian writer

British astronomer, author (1845–1939)

Indian writer

Indian writer and politician

Vijnaneshwara was a prominent jurist of the first millennium CE India. His treatise, the Mitakshara, dealt with inheritance, and is one of the most influential legal treatises in Hindu law. Mitakshara is the treatise on Yājñavalkya Smṛti, named after a sage of the same name.

Indian writer and critic

Indian theatre personality

Hindu saint (1922–2001)

Indian politician

Indian historian

Indian actor

writer (1899–1983)

Indian writer, critic

writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language (1890-1968)

Indian writer (1906-1992)

Andayya (or Andaiah, Āṇḍayya) was a notable 13th-century Kannada writer during the rule of the Hoysala empire. Andayya was a Jain by faith and came from a family of accountants. His most important extant work is the Kabbigara Kava ("Poets' Defender") which also goes by the names Sobagina Suggi ("Harvest of Beauty"), Madana Vijaya ("Triumph of Cupid") or Kavana Gella ("Cupid's Conquest") and was written in the 1217–1235 CE period.

Indian writer

Indian singer (1914–2010)

Historian, Indologist, Polyglot

Hindu guru

Indian Spiritual author, teacher and Sanskrit scholar (1918-1993)

Indian religious leader (1946-2019)

Indian writer and activist (1900-2003)

Indian writer

Marathi Author (1923–1987)

Indian writer (1941–2012)

Indian writer

Indian novelist residing in the United States

Indian linguist