Asaga

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Asaga
Bornc. 800 CE
Occupationpoet
PeriodRashtrakuta literature
GenreJain literature
Notable worksVardhaman Charitra (Sanskrit, c. 853);
Karnataka Kumarasambhava Kavya (Kannada, about c.850)

Asaga was a 9th-century

Kalidas's epic poem Kumārasambhava) that have been referenced by latter day poets (including Nagavarma II who seems to provide a few quotations from the epic poem in his Kavyavalokana[3]) have survived.[4][5][6][7][8]

His writings are known to have influenced Kannada poet

Sri Ponna, the famous court poet of Rashtrakuta King Krishna III, and other writers who wrote on the lives of Jain Tirthankaras.[9] Kesiraja, (authored Shabdamanidarpana in c. 1260 CE), a Kannada grammarian cites Asaga as an authoritative writer of his time and places him along with other masters of early Kannada poetry.[10]

Biography

Kannada poets and writers in the Rashtrakuta Empire
(753–973 CE)
Amoghavarsha 850
Srivijaya 850
Asaga 850
Shivakotiacharya 900
Ravinagabhatta 930
Adikavi Pampa 941
Jainachandra 950
Sri Ponna
 950
Rudrabhatta 9th-10th c.
Kavi Rajaraja 9th-10th c.
Gajanakusha 10th century
Earlier Kannada poets and writers praised in Kavirajamarga
Durvinita 6th century
Vimala Pre-850
Nagarjuna Pre-850
Jayabodhi Pre-850
Udaya Pre-850
Kavisvara Pre-850
Pandita Chandra Pre-850
Lokapala Pre-850

Asaga's name is considered an

Amoghavarsha I (800–878 CE), Asaga lived in modern Karnataka and made important contributions to the corpus of Rashtrakuta literature created during their rule in southern and central India between the 8th and 10th centuries.[11] Like Kannada writer Gunavarma, Asaga earned fame despite having received no direct royal patronage.[9]

In his Vardhamacharita, Asaga mentions writing eight classics though the only one other work has survived, the Shanti purana in Sanskrit.

Jain parents and names his three Jain teachers, including Bhavakirti.[5][7][13][14]

Much of what is known about Asaga has come down from references to his works made by later-day writers and poets. Kannada poet

Apabhramsha poet Dhaval praised Asaga's writing Harivamsa-purana.[5]

Works

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-81-87746-67-6
  2. ISBN 0-415-26606-8
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  3. ^ R S Hukkerikar (1955), p.88, Karnataka Darshana, Popular Book Depot, 1955
  4. ISBN 0-520-24500-8
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  5. ^
    ISBN 81-250-1453-5
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  6. ISBN 81-261-0691-3.[permanent dead link
    ]
  7. ^
    ISBN 81-208-0450-3
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  8. ^ Mugali, Ram Śri (1975). History of Kannada literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 14.
  9. ^ a b Nāyaka, Harōgadde Mānappa (1990). South Indian studies. Geetha Book House. p. 836.
  10. Karnataka University
    . p. 17.
  11. ISBN 81-87321-37-7
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  12. ISBN 81-260-1803-8
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  13. ^ Upadhye, Adinath Nemināth (1983). Upadhye papers. Prasārānga, University of Mysore. p. 292.
  14. ISBN 81-7022-376-8
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  15. ^ a b Warder A.K. (1988), p. 248
  16. ISBN 81-260-1803-8
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  17. ISBN 978-81-7099-027-7
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  18. ISBN 81-208-0450-3
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  19. ISBN 978-81-87746-67-6
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