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词条 Vachana sahitya
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  1. Vachanas and Sharana movement

  2. Vachanas

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. References

  6. Further reading

  7. External links

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Vachana sahitya is a form of rhythmic writing in Kannada (see also Kannada poetry) that evolved in the 11th century CE and flourished in the 12th century,as a part of the Sharana movement. The word "vachanas" literally means "(that which is) said". These are readily intelligible prose texts.

Devara Dasimayya who lived in the mid 10th century is considered the first proponent of lingayatism.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

Later poets, such as [Basava] (1160), the founder of Lingayatism, prime minister of [Kalachuris of Kalyani|Southern Kalachuri] [Bijjala II|King Bijjala II], considered Chennaiah to be his literary father.

Vachanas and Sharana movement

Basavaadi Sharana's Vachanas are their experiences in the process of God realization. About 800 sharanas practiced the technique and wrote their experiences in terms of Guru (Unmanifest Chaitanya), Linga (Manifest Chaitanya), Jangama (Pure consciousness of Lingatattva in one's prana), Padodaka (intimacy with the knower/source of Lingatattva), and Prasada (becoming lingatattva).{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

As per record, this form exchange of experience of the realization of the God in group discussion has happened only in Karnataka by the sharanas mainly under the guidance of Basavanna the founder of Lingayth religion, Channa Basavanna Allama Prabhu and Siddarameshwar. This fact has been attributed to the popularity of the movement. More than 200 Vachana writers (Vachanakaras) have been recorded and more than thirty of whom were women.[1][2]

Vachanas

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ಉಳ್ಳವರು ಶಿವಾಲಯ ಮಾಡುವರು ನಾನೇನು ಮಾಡಲಿ ಬಡವನಯ್ಯಾ
ಎನ್ನ ಕಾಲೇ ಕಂಬ, ದೇಹವೇ ದೇಗುಲ, ಶಿರವೇ ಹೊನ್ನ ಕಳಸವಯ್ಯಾ
ಕೂಡಲಸಂಗಮದೇವಾ ಕೇಳಯ್ಯಾ, ಸ್ಥಾವರಕ್ಕಳಿವುಂಟು ಜಂಗಮಕ್ಕಳಿವಿಲ್ಲ
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uLLavaru shiválaya máduvaru nánénu mádali badavanayyá

enna kále kambha dehavé degula shiravé honna kaLashavayyá

Kúdala Sangama Devá keLayya sthavarakkaLivunTu jangamakaLivilla

The rich will make temples for Shiva.
What shall I, a poor man, do?

My legs are pillars,
The body the shrine,
The head a cupola of gold.

Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,
Things standing shall fall,
But the moving ever shall stay.[3]


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Vachanas are brief paragraphs, and they end with one or the other local names under which Shiva is invoked or offered Pooja. In style, they are epigrammatical, parallelistic and allusive. They dwell on the vanity of riches, the valuelessness of mere rites or book learning, the uncertainty of life and the spiritual privileges of Shiva Bhakta (worshiper of lord Shiva).[4] The Vachanas call men to give up the desire for worldly wealth and ease, to live lives of sobriety and detachment from the world and to turn to Siva for refuge.[4]

Authors of a particular Vachana can be identified by the style of invocation of God (Basveshvara invokes "Kudala Sangama Deva", while Allama Prabhu invokes "Guheshwara", Akkamadevi invokes "Channa Mallikarjuna", Siddhrama (Siddheshwar) of Solapur invokes "Kapilasidda Mallikarjuna") in the vachana. The existing readings of the vachanas are mostly set by the European understanding of the Indian traditions.

About 20,000 vachanas have been published. The government of Karnataka has published Samagra Vachana Samputa in 15 volumes. Karnataka University Dharwad has published collections of individual vachana poets.

Jedara Dasimaiah is called the 'Adya Vachanakara' (The First Vachanakara).

See also

  • Kalachuris of Kalyani Kingdom
  • Kannada literature
  • Palkuriki Somanatha

Notes

1. ^Sastri (1955), p361
2. ^Other well known Vachana writers were Chennabasava, Prabhudeva, Siddharama, Kondaguli Kesiraja etc. (Narasimhacharya 1988, p20)
3. ^Speaking of Siva, by A. K. Ramanujan. Penguin. 1973. {{ISBN|9780140442700}}. p. 1.
4. ^Edward Rice, A History of Kannada Literature, 1921, Asian Educational Services, (Reprinted 1982), pp 56

References

  • {{cite book |last=Narasimhacharya |first= R|title= History of Kannada Literature|origyear=1988|year= 1988|publisher= Penguin Books|location= New Delhi|isbn= 81-206-0303-6}}
  • {{cite book |last= Sastri|first= Nilakanta K.A.|title= A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar|origyear=1955|year=2002|publisher= Indian Branch, Oxford University Press|location= New Delhi|isbn= 0-19-560686-8}}
  • {{cite book | last= Rice|first=Edward P| title= A History of Kannada literature|origyear=1921|year=1982|publisher=Asian Educational Services,Oxford university press|location=New Delhi}}

Further reading

  • Lingayata Dharmada Modalaneya Pustaka Kannada, 1982, PM Giriraju.
  • Jatigala Huttu Kannada, 1982, PM Giriraju.
  • Speaking of Siva, by A. K. Ramanujan. Penguin. 1973. {{ISBN|9780140442700}}.
  • Sadbhakta Charitra Kannada. PM Giriraju. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL11062327W/Girirājanu_sērisida_sadbhakta_cāritrya

External links

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  • Vachana Sahityha
  • Vachanas by Basava, Dasimayya, Akka and Allama (trans. AK Ramanujan)
  • Vachana Sahitya Web Site Published by Government of Karnataka
  • Vachana Sanchaya, Vachana Sahitya Digitization & Research Project
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