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K. G. KUNDANGAR --Contribution of Jains to Kannada Language and Literature. (Jain. Ant., Vol. XIV, No. II), Arrah, 1949. Pp. 78 to 87.
Jains are the pioneers in the making of Kannada language and in the production of Kannada literature. A short account of the Jains in Kannada language and literature upto the beginning of the fourteenth century is given. Though the Cola princes in the Tamil country peresented Jainism the ruling princes of Ganga, Cālukya, Rāstraküta, Kadamba, Hoysala and other dynasties in Karnātaka were sympathetic to all religions and therefore they could easily take root and grow. Examples of Kannada words grouped under three heads—tatsama, tadbhava and Deśya given. Jains gave to Kannada grammar, a tinge of Sanskrit form. Tatarthamaha-śāstra's commentary by Srivardhadeva, also called Tumbalurācārya (about 650 A,D.). Prabhrta in Kannada by Sam Kumdāchārya, a contemporary of Srivar
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