Svasti

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

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Bibliography of Professor Hampa Nagarajaiah's books
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Kuvempu-Joći, Hind Vidyarthi Sammela, Bangalore, 1969, 58 + xii pages. [Brief introduction to the life and works of Kuvempu and Umasankar Joshi, the Joint Awardees of the Jnanapitha National Award in 1968] Nenapina Hottage, Kolara Jille Sahitya Sammelana samiti, Bamgarapete, 1970, 200 pages. [Proceedings of the literary Conference held at Bamgarapete in Kolar District in 1970]
Dhanyakumāra Carite, Candra Sagāravarni Granthamale, Bangalore, 1973, 62 +51 + xiv pages. [Kannada poem of poet Adiyappa (16th century) composed in Sāmgatya metre. It deals with the deeds of Dhanyakumāra, a folk-hero in Jaina narrative literature) Apratimavīra Caritre (Co-editor Vardaraja Rao, G.), Pathya-pustaka Vibhaga, Education Department, Bangalore, 1975, 185 + viii pages. [Popular Edition of the Apratimavīracarite, a treatise on poetics, by poet Tirumalārya (1645-1706), court poet of king Cikkadevaraja Odeyar (1672-1704)] Divyadhvani, Govt. of Karnataka, 1975, 380 + 27 + viii pages. (Ed. Hampana). (A souvenir published on the eve of 2500 years of Nirvana of Mahavira. It contains 55 articles in Kannada, one in English, and nine in Hindi] Kelavu Nompiya Kathegalu, Vivekodaya Granthamale, Gudibande, Kolar District, 1976, 88 + viii pages. [Anthology of ten Jaina Vrata-kathas called nompi stories)
Sālva Bhārata, Prasaramga, Bangalore University, 1976, 746 + XCVI pages. [Full Text of the Neminātha Carite alias Sālvabharata written by poet Sālva (1485 CE), written in satpadi i.e., six-lined metre]
Nāgakumāra Şatpadi, Prasaramga, Bangalore University, 1977, 1044 pages. [Kannada poem of poet Bommaņa (1740 CE) consisting of 2988 verses in satpadi metre. The poem narrates the deeds of Nāgakumāra, a popular hero in Jaina mythology. Nāgakumāra alias Phanikumāra is one of the 24 Kāmadevass in the Digambara tradition]
Ratnakarana Hādugalu, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, 1979, 200 + xxiii pages. [Unique collection of Kirtanas or devotional songs composed by Mahākavi Ratnākaravarni (1505 CE) who is more known for his epic the Bharateśa Vaibhava of 10,000 verses] Belagāvi Sāhitya Sammelana, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bangalore, 1980, 644 + 12 pages. [Proceedings of the All India Kannada Literary Conference held at Belgaum District head Quarters in Karnataka. Noted literary icon Basavaraja Kattimani Presided over the Conference)
Dharmasthala Sāhitya Sammelana, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bangalore, 1980, 456 + viii pages. [Proceedings of the 51st National Kannada Literary Conference held at Dharmasthala a famous pilgrimage centre in Tulunadu in March 1979]