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P. 420.
Sanskrit Inscriptions : Mallinātha a lay disciple of Malad härideva, composed the impressive inscription numbered Sravana Belgoļa 67, dated in 1129 A. D. in kävya style teeming in ślesha. Heggade Mardimayya, and Pérgefe Chavarāja, lay disciples of Prabhachandra-siddhänta Deva were authors of several inscriptions in mixed Sanskrit and old Kannada. They date from 1115 to 1121 A. D.
Pp. 424-25. Präkrit works : Prakrit works have come down to us, mostly in
connection with the Jains; it was until the 11th century the sacred language of the Jains. In that century Sanskrit was adopted by them; they largely employed the dominant vernaculars of the countries in which they promulgated their religion. Thus, in Mysore, Kannada was cultivated by them; in the Tamil country, Tamil which owes much to them, in the Telugu country, Telugu was equally largely used by them, though their works have not, singularly enough, come down to us in the profusion they have done in the Kannada and Tamil countries. Trailokyapragnapati, a work in Prakrit on cosmology; does not give the name of its author; it should be earlier than the Lokavibhāga, which was copied in the 5th century A. D. The Jain poet Srivardhanadeva (Tumbalurachärya) of the 7th century A. D., wrote some works in Prakrit. Anupreksha, by Kundakundāchārya; Darśanasära by Devasena. Jnānachandra-charite, in Kannada composed by Pāyanavarni in 1659; the story was originally written in Prakrit by Vāsachandra, subsequently rendered into Kannada Shat pati by Pujyapadayogi; Payanavarni's work is based on the latter. Private libraries in the State possession many other Prakrit works.
Pp. 425-27. Kannada Literature : Kannada one of the earliest of all the South
Indian languages. Bhattākalanka in his Šabdanuśāsana mentions the Chudāmani (96,000 verses), the most important production in early Kannada literature; its author was Śrīvardha (Tumbulur. āchārya); work not yet discovered; Śrīvardha praised by the celebrated poet Dandi (7th century) Shyamakundachārya wrote in Kannada in about 700, Amritasagara, a Jain Tamil poet, who lived before the 11th century mentions in his work on Prosody, existence of Gunagankyiam, a work on Prosody in the Kannada language; name of the author not known and the work not availiable; probably the work was dedicated to the Eastern Chalukya
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