Svasti

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

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Bibliography of Professor Hampa Nagarajaiah's books
Bāhubali : Rūpa, Svarūpa, Visvarūpa, 2006, CVG Publications, Bangalore, 2006, 156 pages. [Narrates the historical development of Bahubali cult in Prakrit, Sanskrit and Kannada literatures, and discusses iconographic differences between the Digambara and Svetāmbara descriptions of Bāhubali. Richly Illustrated] Guruvibhutige Namo (ed.), Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishthana, Kuppali, 2009, 212 pages. Anthology of articles written by different writers on the rare qualities of PoetLaureate K.V. Puttappa alias Kuvempu, the greatest Kannada author of the 20th century). Dānacintāmaņi Attimabbe, IBH Prakasan, Bangalore, 2010, x + 162 pages. [Rerevised edition of an earlier book on the life and achievements of Attimabbe (9501015 CE), an illustrious lady in the period of the Kalyana Calukyas] Kuvempu Kurita Cimtanegalu, Sundara Prakashana, Bangalore, 2010, 90 pages. [It is a collection of six articles of criticism on the life and works of Poet-Laureate Kuvempu, a major poet of 20th century Kannada literature). Mahāpurāna, Kāntāvara Kannada Samgha, 2010, 64 pages. [An overview of the Sanskrit Mahāpurāna written by Jinasena (770-870) and Gunabhadra (820-98). It also has pages devoted to a critical assessment of the Sanskrit Adipurāna of Jinasena in comparison with the Kannada Adipurāna of Pampa (941 CE).
BOOKS ON LINGUISTICS
Drāvida Bhāshāvijnāna, D.V.K. Murthi, Mysore, 1966, 498 + xvi pages; 1976, 464 + xxii pages; 1991, 458 pages; 1994; 2006, 288 pages. Earliest book in Indian Languages on Dravidian Linguistics. Deals with the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Dravidian Languages, incorporating the researches of Robert Caldwell, M.B. Emeneau, T. Burrow, Jules Bloch, Kamil Zvelebil and M.S.Andronov] Bhāratada Bhāshāsamasye, Hind Vidyarthi Yuvaka Sammelan, Bangalore, 1968, 33 + vii pages. [Explains the importance of mother tongue in the face of challenges from English) Bhāshāvijnāna, D.V.K. Murthy, Mysore, 1968, 352 + xx pages. [Introduction to the study of general linguistics] Drāvida Samkhyā Vācakagalu, Prasaramga, Bangalore University, 1973, 46 + iv pages. [Reconstructing the Proto form of Dravidian numerals, deals with its distribution and development in the Dravidian languages) Bhāshe, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, 1973, 54 + iv pages. [Discusses in detail many definitions of "what is language", in the light of latest discussions on the subject. A primer for College students]