Basavanna, allama prabhu, devara dasimayya, channabasava and kondaguli kesiraja are the poets called vachanakaras who wrote in this genre.Īkka mahadevi was prominent among the women poets she is also said to have written mantrogopya and yogangatrividhi. These poems were spontaneous utterances of rhythmic, epigrammatical, satirical prose emphasising the worthlessness of riches, rituals and book learning. The poets expressed their devotion to god shiva in simple vachana poems. Pithy, simple and drawn from daily life, the ‘sayings’ or vacham spoke up for the equality of men and dignity of labour. With basaveswara introducing the vacham sahitya or sharana sahitya in writing, a revolution came about in the 12th century.
Pampa, ponna and ranna are considered the three gems and the epithet ‘golden age’ is used for their period. Continuing the epic tradition were ponna and ranna. Pampa was the master-pioneer of this art he is called the father of kannada poetry. In the tenth century, the champu style of composition was perfected. However, one of the earliest extant works in kannada is the kavirajamarga generally ascribed to the rashtrakuta king nripatunga amoghavarsha. Vaddaradhana by shivakotiacharya is the earliest existing prose work in old kannada. Jains were the earliest known cultivators of kannada literature though works by lingayats from that period have survived. The earliest kannada literary text dates from the ninth century, though references to a number of earlier works exist. Kannada inscriptions begin to occur about ad 450.
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