HAMPA. NAGARAJAIAH, b. 1936
Hampa Nagarajaiah, (hampasandra padmanabaiah
nAgarAjaiyya) (ಹಂಪಸಂದ್ರ
ಪದ್ಮರಾಜಯ್ಯ ನಾಗರಾಜಯ್ಯ) is a multifaceted scholar who has pursued various
disciplines such as linguistics, architecture, epigraphy, textual criticism and
Jainology at different points in his academic career. His focus has been the
cultural history of Karnataka. He has published books and articles in Kannada
as well as English.
Nagarajaiah
was born in Hampasandra a small village in Kolar district. He
obtained a B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. degrees (1959) in Kannada from the
Hampanaa evinced keen interest in
linguistics at an early stage in his career. He has produced two pioneering
volumes on ‘Dravidian Lingustics’ and ‘General Linguistics’ in mid sixties of
the previous century. His interest in textual criticism is manifested in edited
works such as ‘Bharatesha Vaibhava’ and “Vaddaradhane’. After that, his areas
of research have shifted to archaeology, epigraphy and Jainlogy as evidenced by
his various publications. Most of these works study various aspects of the
situation and provide copious information.
Some important publications of Hampa
Nagarajaiah in English and Kannada are as follows:
1.
‘Jaina Corpus of Koppala
Inscriptions X-rayed’, 1999, Ankita Pustaka,
2.
‘Later Gangas Mandali Thousand’,
1999, Ankita Pustaka,
3.
‘A History of the Rastrakutas
of Malkhed and Jainism’, 2000,
4.
‘Indra in Jaina Iconography’,
2002, Hombucha, Karnataka.
5.
‘bAhubali
and bAdAmi cAlukyas’, 2005, SDJMI Managing Committee.
6.
‘Bahubali: The story and the
Sculpture’
7.
‘Morphology of Jaina Architecture’,
2007,
8.
‘Jina Parshva Temples in
Karnataka’, 1999,
9.
‘Manastambha – Jaina Pillar of
eminence’, 2000, Hombucha, Karnataka.
10. ‘Jainism and Prakrit in
ancient and medieval
11. ‘A History of the Early
12. ‘drAviDa BASAvijnAna’, 1966, Harshavardhana
Prakashana,
13. ‘sAmAnya BASAvijnAna’
14. ‘dAna cintAmaNi attimabbe’
15. ‘ Karnataka mattu jainadharma’
16. ‘Chaaruvasantha’ (Novel)
17. ‘Bharatesha Vaibhava’ (edited
Work), (with others), 1967, Attimabbe Prakashana,
18. ‘Bhrajishnu virachita Vaddaradhane’,
1993.
19. ‘vaDDaaraadhane’,
1968, Prasaranga,
20.
‘sAngatya kavigaLu’, 1975,
Nagarajaiah has won a number of
awards and prizes both in