95px|Old-Kannada inscription, 1114 CE at Doddagaddavalli
Hoysala literature is the large body of literature in the Kannada and
Sanskrit languages produced by the Hoysala Empire (1025–1343) in what
is now southern India. Kannada literature during this period consisted
of writings relating to the socio-religious developments of the Jain
and Veerashaiva faiths, and to a lesser extent that of the Vaishnava
faith. The earliest well-known brahmin writers in Kannada were from the
Hoysala court. While most of the courtly textual production was in
Kannada, an important corpus of monastic Vaishnava literature relating
to Dvaita (dualistic) philosophy was written by the renowned
philosopher Madhvacharya in Sanskrit. Writing Kannada literature in
native metres was first popularised by the court poets. These metres
were the sangatya, compositions sung to the accompaniment of a musical
instrument; shatpadi, six-line verses; ragale, lyrical compositions in
blank verse; and tripadi, three-line verses. However, Jain writers
continued to use the traditional champu, composed of prose and verse.
Important literary contributions in Kannada were made not only by court
poets but also by noblemen, commanders, ministers, ascetics and saints
associated with monasteries. (more...)
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