LITERATURE OF RASHTRAKUTAS

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LITERATURE

AMOGAVRSHA 1:

Ratmalika (Sanskrit)

Kavirajamarga (Kannada)

Jinasena and his student Gunabhadra wrote Mahapurana (1^st part Adipurana in Sanskrit and 2^nd part Uttarapurana in Aprambhasa )

3 Gems of Kannada literature

Pampa 1:

Vikramarjunaya Vijaya(Kannada version of Mahabharata written with Arjuna as the protagonist),

Adipurana (Kannada text dealing with the 10 lives of 1^st Tirthankara Rishabdev)

Ponna

Was given the title Kavichakravarthi and Ubhayakavi ( for proficiency in both Sanskrit and Kannada) by Krishna 3.

Wrote Shantipurana (eulogy of 16^th Tirthankara Shantinatha)

Ranna:

Sahasabhimavijaya/ Gaddayudda

Ajithapurana (Life of Jain Tirthankara Ajithanath)

Ranna Kanda (ancient Kannada dictionary)

Somadevasuri:

Nitivakyamrtam(Treatise on statecraft)

SCIENCE

Mahaviracharya: during Amogavarsha’s reign

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