Kannadada Hari Dasaru

[Bala Krishna]

>Namaskaara,

>Regarding the saint-poets (dasarugalu) of Karnataka,
>I have an incomplete list here with their original
>names and "trademarks" in their works.
>Can anybody complete/update/correct the list ?
>Also are all of these contemporaries ? If not, who
>was the earliest and who the latest?

>Purandara Dasa (Srinivasa Nayaka) Purandara Vittala
>Vijaya Dasa ( ? ) Vijaya Vittala
>Kamalesha Vittala ? Kamalesha Vittala
>Jagannatha Dasa ? Jagannatha Vittala
>Sripadaraya ? Ranga Vittala
>Vyaasaraya ? ?
>Helavanakattey Giriyamma(?) ? Helavanakattey Ranga
>Kanaka Dasa ? Kaagineley Adi Keshava
>Gopala Dasa ? ?
> ? ? Muddu Vittala

>It is amazing that Karnataka has produced at least ten
>such saint-poets!

>Regards.

I don't remember all othe Hari dasas but, let me add some more to the list.
The founder of Hari dasa saahitya is Sri MadhvaCharya. Sri MadhvaCharya
composed Dwadasha Sthotra in Sanskrit which is a daasara pada. After that his
deciple Sri Narahari theertha composed a lot of songs in Kannada so that
common people who do not understand sanskrit can easily understand kannada.
It is said that the Dwadasha Sthotra was the motivation for the Hari dasas to
compose the dasara padas. Hari dasa saahitya got a lot of inspiration during
the time of Sri VyasaRaja who had great saint poets like Sri Purandara dasa and
Sri Kanaka dasa as his deciples.

I have rearranged the list(earliest to the latest).

Name Ankitha
==== =======

Sri Madhva Charya ???
Sri Narahari Theertha Sri Rama
Sri Madhava theertha ???
Sri SripadaRaya Sri Ranga Vittala
Sri VyasaRaya Sri Krishna
Sri Vaadiraja theertha Sri HayaVadana
Sri Purandara dasa Sri Purandara Vittala
Sri Kanaka dasa Sri Kaagi nele Keshava
Sri Vijaeendra theertha ???
Sri Yogindra theertha ???
Sri Raghavendra theertha Sri Venu Gopala Krishna
Sri Vijaya dasa Sri Vijaya Vittala
Sri Gopala dasa Sri Gopala Vittala
Sri Jagannatha dasa Sri Jagannatha Vittala
Sri Pranesha dasa Sri Pranesha Vittala
Sri Helavanakattey Giriyamma Helavanakattey Ranga
Sri Muudu Mohana dasa Sri Muddu Mohana Vittala
??? Sri Vyasa Vittala
??? Sri Vasudeva Vittala
Sri Vidya Prasanna theertha Sri Prasanna
Sri RajaGururaja Charya Sri Kamalesha Vittala

There is a lot more to be added to the list.

Regards,

Bala Krishna.

[ednar...@gmail.com]

Even earlier to sripadarayaru Shri Teeka Kritpadaru (Jaya Tirtharu)appears to have composed one devaranama. This is cited by Dr
V.Prabhanjanacharya in his book " Jaya Tirtha darshana"

With all humility I submit that I have so far composed more than 20 compositions under the self-conferred ankita "karigiriya narahari".This is with a view to pay tribute to my great grand father Erapalli "jail" Subba Rao who passed away in the early 20th century. He was conferred the ankita "Narahari Vittala" by his guru Rama Vittala. Unfortunately his compositions were not traceable but the "ankita pradana patra" is preserved by me.

My compositions (about 12) have been printed with my own funds and distributed free of cost to friends and we'll wishers on the occasion of the upanayanam of my grand son some two three years back. I have got about 8 of them set to music and brought out a CD with my own funds.I have not been able to bring them into open because of lack of contacts. However I shall continue my efforts to compose more Devaranamas purely as a tribute to my late great grand father who could not come to limelight because of circumstances.
This write up is only for your information.
If you are interested I shall send a few (or all) of my compositions to your e-mail address or any other contact you suggest.

Regards
E D Narahari
ednar...@gmail.com

[b2b...@gmail.com]

[mirji...@gmail.com]

Dear Bala Krishna,

Good to see your post dated way back on 02-02-1995..... I came across the following details when Googled..... May be useful...


Sl No Name of the Dasar Ankita/Mudra Year/Period
1 Sri Narahari Theertharu Narahari 1263-1333
2 Sri Sripadaraja Theertharu Rangavitala 1402-1504
3 Sri Vyasaraja Theertharu Srikrishna 1447-1537
4 Sri Vadhiraja Theertharu Hayavadhana 1480-1600
5 Sri Purandara Dasaru Purandaravitala 1484-1564
6 Sri Kanaka Dasaru Kaginelyadhikesava 1508-1606
7 Sri Prasannavenkata Dasaru Prasannavenkata 1680-1752
8 Sri Vijaya Dasaru Vijayavittala 1682-1755
9 Sri Vyasatatvagna Theertharu Vasudeva Vittala 1704-1800
10 Sri Paganna Dasaru/Sri Gopala Dasaru Gopala Vittala 1722-1762
11 Sri Rangavalli Dasaru Jagannatha Vittala 1728-1809
12 Sri Mahipathi Dasaru Mahipathi 1611-1681
13 Sri Mohana Dasaru Mohana Vittala 1728-1761
14 Sri Sulappa Dasaru Gurugopala Vittala
15 Sri Dasappa Dasaru Varadha gopala Vittala
16 Sri Thimmappa Dasaru Venugopala Vittala
17 Sri Pranesa Dasaru Pranesa Vittala 1736-1822
18 Sri Supanna Dasaru Vyasa Vittala 1690-1755
19 Sri Sesha Dasaru Guru Vijaya Vittala 1806-1885
20 Sri Guru Jagannatha Vittala Dasaru Guru Jagannatha Vittala 1837-1918
21 Sri Achalandha Dasaru Achalandha Vittala 15th Century
22 Sri Yogendra Dasaru Yogendra Vittala 15th Century
23 Sri Muthu Dasaru Muthu vittala 15th Century
24 Sri Sobagu Dasaru Sri Sobagu Vittala 15th Century
25 Sri Panduranga Dasaru Panduranga Vittala 15th Century
26 Sri Ramakrishna Dasaru Sri Ramakrishna Vittala 15th Century
27 Sri Vaikunta Dasaru Vaikunta Vittala 15th Century
28 Sri Narakantteerva Dasaru Nara Kantteerva Vittala 15th Century
29 Sri Nalinaksha Dasaru Sri Nalinaksha Vittala 15th Century
30 Sri Narayana Dasaru Sri Narayana Vittala 15th Century
31 Sri Lakshmikantha Dasaru Sri Lakshmikantha Vittala 15th Century
32 Sri Lokaika Dasaru Sri Lokaika Vittala 15th Century
33 Sri Rukmanipathi Dasaru Sri Rukmanipathi Vittala 15th Century
34 Sri Lakshmipathi Dasaru Lakshmipathi Vittala 15th Century
35 Sri Sripathi Dasaru Sripathi Vittala 15th Century
36 Sri Venkatapathi Dasaru Vankatapathi Vittala 15th Century
37 Sri Yadhupathi Dasaru Sri Yadhupathi Vittala 15th Century
38 Sri Vittala Dasaru Sri Vittala 15th Century
39 Sri Dhani Dasaru Dhani Vittala 15th Century
40 Sri Palidha Vittala Dasaru Palidha Vittala 15th Century
41 Sri Swami Dasaru Swami Vittala 15th Century
42 Sri Kumbakona Venkata Dasaru Prasanna Venkata Vittala 19th Century
43 Sri Paramavairagyasali Thammanna Dasaru Raghupathi Vittala 18th Century
44 Sri Kathval Dasaru Sripathi Vittala 19th Century
45 Sri Ramachandra Dasaru Sri Ramachandra Vittala 19th Century
46 Sri Gundoji Narasiti Dasaru Sri Guru Srisa vittala 1740
47 Sri Sridhara Dasaru Sridhara Vittala 19th Century
48 Sri Jatti Venkata Dasaru Madhava Vittala 19th Century
49 Sri Prema Dasaru Abhinava Janardhana Vittala 19th Century
50 Sri Krishna Dasaru Krishna Vittala 19th Century
51 Sri Kathval Suppanna Dasaru Kesava Vittala 18th Century
52 Sri Hanumesa Dasaru Hanumesa Vittala 18th Century
53 Sri Nadha Dasaru Sri Nadha Vittala 18th Century
54 Sri Madhvanadha Dasaru Sri madva nadha Vittala 18th Century
55 Sri Melgiri Dasaru Melgiri Vittala 18th Century
56 Sri Guruthanthe Gopala Dasaru Guruthanthe Gopala Vittala 19th Century
57 Sri Dhottapallapur Dasaru Sri Muthu Mohana Vittala 19th Century
58 Sri Paramapriya Subbaraya Dasaru Sri Thanthe Muthu Mohana Vittala 1865-1940

Best Regards,
Anand K Mirji
Bangalore,
mirji...@gmail.com
Cell: +91 99456 56500