Dasa sahitya

Dasa Sahitya (

scholars and poets.

The Haridasas contributed to the rich heritage of Karnataka music. They made an indelible impression on the religious and cultural life of Karnataka. They spread the didactic teachings in a musical form to the hearts of the common man. Like other doyens of Indian classical music, these scholars offered pooja to Vishnu through music, called naadopasana. Vishnu is described as Samagana priya; bhakti through music is the most preferred path to 'reach' him.

The Haridasa compositions are popularly known as

are some of the many examples of their scholarly work.

Although the association of the Dasas is with Vishnu, they composed songs on other forms of Hindu Gods, also known as Saguna Brahma Svarupa(s). Purandaradasa for example, has composed songs in praise of

(Kodubega Divyamati Saraswati).

Composers

• Naraharitirtha (Direct Shishya of Madhvacharya and founder of Yakshagana
  art)
• Sripadaraja
• Vyasatirtha.
• Vadirajatirtha
• Raghavendra Tirtha
• Purandaradasa, popularly known as Karnataka sangeeta pitamaha or " Grand Father of Carnatic music
  "
• Kanakadasa
  .
• Vijaya Dasa.
• Gopaladasaru.
• Jagannathadasaru
• Mahipati Dasa
• Surapurada Ananda Dasa (Kamalesha Vithala Dasu)
• Helavanakatte Giriyamma
• Pandurangi Huchacharya (Indiresha Dasa)
• Shyama Sundara Dasa
• Harappanahalli Bheemavva
• Karjagi Dasaru (Srida Vithala)

and many more

External links

• Complete Dasa sahitya [1] Archived 15 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Dasa Sahitya or Slave Literature by Dr. Jyotnsa Kamat
• Android App with more than 15000 dasara padagalu