Literature Of Karnataka, including: Dasa Sahitya, Kannada Literature, Mankuthimmana Kagga, Halmidi Inscription, Sri Ramayana Darshanam, Vijayanagara ... Literature In The Western Chalukya Empire

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More info: Karnataka literature denotes to the wealth of literature created in the region of Karnataka in South India roughly corresponding to the modern state of Karnataka. This literature includes works in Sanskrit and Kannada. * Jinasena II (Adipurana - Sanskrit) * Bharavi * King Madhava II (370-390 AD) (Dattaka Sutrain Sanskrit) * Sripurusha (Gajasastra) * Hemasena or Vidya Dhananjaya (Raghavpandaviya) * Guru Nemichandra (Gommatasara book on jain philosophy, his title was Siddhant-Chakravarti and was guru of Chavundaraya) * Gunavarma (Kannada Grammar) * Jinasena I (738 AD) (Harivamsha - Sanskrit) * Halayudha (Kavirahasya and Mritasanjivini) * Mahaviracharya (Ganita-sara-samgraha) * Visvarupa * Jinasenacharya (Parsvabhyudaya Mahapurana , Dhavala) * Pushpadanta * Asaga (Vardhamana Purana-Kannada) * Sri Ponna (950 AD) (title, Kavichakravarthi wrote Bhuvanaika- Ramabhyudaya, Santipurana and Jinaksaramale - Kannada) * Shivakotiacharya (Vaddaradhane 900 CE earliest prose in Kannada borrowed from Sanskrit work Brihatkathakosha of Harishena) * Rudrabhatta of Banahatti - Kannada * Kavi Rajaraja wrote the Kalasa record, minister of Krishna II - Kannada