1st Edition
Veneration to the Elders ŚIVAKŌṬYĀCĀRYA’S VAḌḌĀRĀDHANE
Edited By D.A. Shankar
Copyright 2021
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Śivakōṭyācārya’s Vaḍḍārādhane (Veneration to the Elders) is the earliest extant prose work in Kannada language written by Śivakōṭyācārya during 940 CE. This classical text reflects the oral tradition of narrating stories of legendary religious ascetics based on the gāhās which were taken from Bhagavatī Ārādhanā. This is a peculiar but commendable way of presenting stories of the senior and... Read more
A Note from the Kannada Language Chair , Preface, A Note on Transliteration, Introduction 1. The Story of Sukumārasvāmi 2. The Story of Sukauśalasvāmi 3. The Story of Gajakumāra 4. The Story of Sanatkumāra Cakravarti 5. The Story of Aṇṇikāputra 6. The Story of Bhadrabāhu Bhaṭṭāra 7. The Story of Lalitaghaṭe 8. The Story of Dharmaghōṣa Bhaṭāra 9. The Story of A Bhaṭṭāra Called Siridiṇṇa 10. The Story of Vṛṣabhasēna Bhaṭṭāra 11. The Story of The Sage Kārtika 12. The Story of The Ascetic Abhayaghōṣa 13. The Story of The Sage Vidyuccōra 14. The Story of Gurudatta Bhaṭāra 15. The Story of Cilātaputra 16. The Story of the Sage Daṇḍaka 17. The Story of Mahēndra Dattācārya and other Five Hundred Sages 18. The Story of Cāṇākya Ṛṣi 19. The Story of Sage Vṛṣabhasēna
Biography
R.V.S. Sundaram was Professor and Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the University of Mysore. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Shubhachandra, a reputed Kannada scholar, was Chairman of the Department of Jainology and Prakrit at the University of Mysore.
H.S. Komalesha is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Kharagpur.
D.A. Shankar, a poet, playwright and translator, was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Mysore, and is a recipient of many prestigious awards.
