Kavirajamarga
Sign in to savethumb|right|A Stanza from Kavirajamarga which praises the people for their literary skills Kavirajamarga () (850 C.E.) is the earliest available work on rhetoric, poetics and grammar in the Kannada language. It was inspired by or written in part by the famous Rashtrakuta King Amoghavarsha I, and some historians claim it is based partly on the Sanskrit text Kavyadarsha. Some historians believe Kavirajamarga may have been co-authored by a poet in the king's court, the Kannada language theorist Sri-vijaya.
Book · Open Library
- Author
- M. Chidananda Murthy
- First published
- 1973
- Editions
- 2
- Subjects
- Kannada language, Versification
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Early writers and literary styles
- Notes
- References
thumb|right|A Stanza from Kavirajamarga which praises the people for their literary skills Kavirajamarga () (850 C.E.) is the earliest available work on rhetoric, poetics and grammar in the Kannada language. It was inspired by or written in part by the famous Rashtrakuta King Amoghavarsha I, and some historians claim it is based partly on the Sanskrit text Kavyadarsha. Some historians believe Kavirajamarga may have been co-authored by a poet in the king's court, the Kannada language theorist Sri-vijaya.
The name literally means "Royal Path for Poets" and was written as a guide book for poets and scholars (Kavishiksha). From references made in this writing to earlier Kannada poetry and literature it is clear that a considerable body of work in prose and poetry must have existed in the preceding centuries.
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