Karnataka Literature - Vijayanagara Empire (1335-1565), Kannada Haridasa Sahitya

Vijayanagara Empire (1335-1565), Kannada Haridasa Sahitya

• Kumara Vyasa (1430 AD) (Gadugina Bharata or Karnataka Bharata KathaManjari a Kannada adaptation of Mahabharata and Airavata. His title was Rupaka Samrajya Chakravarti (Emperor of the World of Metaphors).)
• Narahri or Kumara Valmiki (1500 AD) (Torave Ramayana in Kannada & Smriti Kaustubha in Sanskrit)
• Vittalanatha (Bhagavatha)-Kannada
• Ratnakarvarni (16th century) (Bharatesha Vaibhava, Triloka Sataka,Someswara Sataka) - Kannada
• Nanjunda -Kumara Rama Charita (16th century) - Kannada
• BhimaKavi - Basavapurana(1369 AD) - Kannada
• Padmanaka - Kannada
• Kereya Padmarasa - Padmaraja Purana (1385 AD) - Kannada
• Lakkana Dandesa Shivatatwa Chintamani (1428 AD) - -Kannada
• Gubbi Mallanacharya - Veerasaivamrita (1513 AD) - Kannada
• Singiraja - Kannada
• Chamarasa (Prabhulinga Leele) -Kannada
• Akalanka (16th century), Jain scholar - Kannada
• Bhattakalaka (16th century) -Kannada grammrian
• Mangaraja (1360 AD) (Khagendra-Mani-Darpana, work on poisons and antidotes) -Kannada
• Sayana (Vedartha Prakasha, Yajnatantra Sudhanidhi, Prayaschitra Sudhanidhi and Purushartha Sudhanidhi) -Sanskrit
• Madhava Vidyaranya (Parasara – Madhaviya, Sarva-darshana-samgraha) -Sanskrit
• Devanna Bhatta (Smriti Chandrika) - Sanskrit
• Gangadevi (Poetess, Madhura Vijayam) - Sanskrit
• Tirumalamba Devi (Poetess, Varadambika Parinayam) - Sanskrit
• Krishnadevaraya (Madalasa Charita, Satyavadu Parinaya& Rasamanjari- Sanskrit
• Ramaraja (Bakhair - Battle of Talikota - Persian??)
• Timmanna Kavi, patronised by king Krishnadevaraya, Kannada
• Kereya Padmarasa, Padmaraja Purana - Kannada
• Linganna, Keladinripavijayam - Kannada
• Unknown author, Krishnadevarayana Dinachari is a recent discovery in Kannada.
• Chatu Vithalanatha, Kannada
• Madhura, Kannada
• Salva
• Mallanarya, Veerasaivamrita- Kannada
• Lakkana Dandesa, Shivatatwa Chintamani - Kannada
• Shivagna Prasadi Mahadevayya and Halageyadeva ,Shunya Sampadane- Kannada
• Kallumathada Prabhuva - Kannada
• Jakkanna - Kannada
• Maggeya Mayideva - Kannada
• Tontada Siddalingayati - Kannada

Haridasa

• Narahari Thirtha
• Padmanabha Thirtha
• Akshobhya Thirtha
• Jayatirtha - Nyaya sudha, Tattva prakashika, Prameya deepika, Nyaya deepika Important works
• Sripadaraya of Mulbagal (1500 AD)
• Vyasatirtha (1447 – 1539 AD) - Guru of Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa and Krishnadevaraya wrote Nyayamritam, Tarkatandava, Tatparya Chandrika Important Works
• Sri Vadirajaswami
• Purandaradasa (1484 – 1564 AD) (Father of Carnatic music. Composed 475,000 songs in Kannada. His titles wereDasaShreshta Purandaropanishat, Sangitapitamaha)
• Kanakadasa (1509 - 1607 AD) (Padas and Keertans

RamadhyanaCharite, Haribhakthisara,Kalacharithre, Mohana Tarangini, Nalacharitre - Kannada)