Svasti

Author(s): Nalini Balbir
Publisher: K S Muddappa Smaraka Trust

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SVASTI -Essays in Honour of Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah
Vīrajinendra Carite (Translation), Rajyasri Prakasana, Bangalore, 1975, 142 pages. [Kannada translation of the Hindi Book Vira-Jiņinda-cariu edited by Hiralal Jain and A.N. Upadhye, Bhāratīya Jñānapītha, Delhi. Published on the occasion of Mahāvīra's 2500 year's Nirvāṇa Mahotsava] Govinda Pai (with Kāvyajīvi), Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bangalore, 1976, 1981, 2009, 106 + iv pages. [Biography of Manjesvara Govinda Pai, Kannada writer and research scholar of 20th century, an illustrious persona] Yaksha Yakshiyaru, Candrasāgaravarņi Granthamale & Sapna Book House, Bangalore, 1976, 2008, 208 + 12 pages. [Detailed study of the Yaksha cult, its genesis in Digambara and Svetāmbara sects. Illustrated with 144 pictures) Savyasāci Pampa, Vivekodaya Granthmale, Gudibamde, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1994, 202 + vii pages. [Historical novel on the life of Pampa, the greatest Kannada poet of the tenth century CE] . Phanikumāra Kathā Sāhitya, Candrasagaravarni Granthamale, Bangalore, 1977, 175 + 12 pages. [Comparative study of the story of Nāgakumara alias Phanikumāra, Dhirodātta hero in Jaina narrative literature. The Nāyakumāra Cariu of the Apabhramsa poet Puspadanta and similar Kannada and Sanskrit stories are examined). Kammatada Kidigaļu, Vagdevi Enterprises, Mysore, 1980, viii + 290 pages. [Articles on the etymology and semantic shades of rare words which figure in ancient Kannada classics). Karnātaka mattu Jainadharma, IBH Prakasan, Bangalore, 1981, 1983, 48 pages. [An introduction to the Jaina imprints on Karnataka in various fields, with relevant illustations. A book for the general readers) Gommata Bāhubali, Bapko Prakasana, Bangalore, 1981, 48 pages. [Research book on Bāhubali images) Sammelana Adhyaksharugalu, Karnataka Government, Bangalore, 1983, 328 pages. [Biography of the presidents of Kannada annual Literary conference held at different places). Gokāk V.K., Bangalore University, 1984, 66 + viii pages. [A brief introduction to the life and woks of V.K. Gokak, a celebrated Kannada and English author of the 20th century] Akāśa Jānapada, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bangalore, 1985, 64 + 16 pages. [Deals with folk-beliefs regarding the planets] Karnātakada Jātregalu, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bangalore, 1985, 84 + viii pages. [Narrates the traditional rural festivals and their importance)