Jagannatha Dasa - Kannada Writings

Kannada Writings

The Harikathamritasara treats on the philosophy of Madhvacharya and is considered his magnum opus and a work of immense importance by the Dvaita school. Written in the native Bhamini Shatpadi metre with a poetic touch, it contains 32 chapters (sandhis) comprising 988 stanzas. Later day scholars wrote ten commentaries on this work, including a Sanskrit commentary in 1862 (by Sankarsana Odeyaru), an indication of its superior literary content. The Tattva Suvvali, containing 1,200 pithy and proverbial poems of which 600 stanzas are available today, was written in the native tripadi metre, in a simple style, and is known to have been a consolation to his young widowed daughter.