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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Vardhamana Purana 2. Kavyavalokana 3. Abhidana Vastukosha 4. Karnataka Bhashabhushana
5. Chandovichiti (Not Found) 6. Vatsaraja
Charite (Not Found)
10. 1. Eradaneya Nagavarma (Kavi Kavya Parampare) Ed. V.Seetharamaiah, 1973,