NAGAVARMA -2
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Nagavarma-2
(ನಾಗವರ್ಮ-2)
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nAgavarma-2
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Twelfth
Century
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Dorasamudra in
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Jaina
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Narasimha-1
of Hoysala dynasty, also known
as jagadeka Malla
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Kavita Gunodaya,
Kavikarnapura
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Nagavarma-2
was a creative writer as well as a scholar in various discilpines
such as poetics, grammar, prosody, lexicography et al. His Vardhamana
Purana is a biographical account of
Vardhamana written in epic form. This is virtually a translation of the
story occuring in 'Mahapurana'
written in Sanskrit by Kavishvara Indrabhuthi.
This has not created any ripples in the Kannada literary tradition.
Vatsaraja Charite another literary work purportedly
written by him is not found. However a bi-lingual scholarship is
Nagavarma's forte. Kavyavalokana is a work
on poetics composed in Kanda padyas. He draws heavily
from Sanskrit texts on poetics such as Bhamaha, Dandi, Vamana,
Rudrabhatta and Hemachandra. The first
among the five chapters is called 'Shabdasmriti' and
gives us some information about old Kannada grammar. This again is
depndent on the Sanskrit text 'Katantra'
by Sharvavarma. Remaining chapters
delinete topics such as guna,
dosha, alankara,
rasa and kavisamaya. These concepts
are profusely illustrated
by poems selected from old Kannada texts as well as Nagavarma's
compositions. Abhidana Vastukosha
is a work composed in verse which gives Kannada equivalents of Sanskrit words commonly
used in Kannada during those days. Sanskrit dictionaries by Vararuchi,
Amarasimha, Halayudha etc
are his sources. This was published by the
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1. Vardhamana Purana 2.
Kavyavalokana 3. Abhidana Vastukosha
4. Karnataka Bhashabhushana 5. Chandovichiti
(Not Found) 6. Vatsaraja Charite
(Not Found)
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1. Eradaneya Nagavarma (Kavi
Kavya Parampare) Ed. V.Seetharamaiah, 1973,