Interview with H.S. Shivaprakash by Varsha Nair (November 11, 2017) H.S. Shivaprakash is a well-known poet, playwright and translator from Karnataka. He is currently Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Varsha: How do we define or understand the vachanas, especially in relation to the wider canon The Vachanas or more aptly the lyrical outbursts of Akka Mahadevi are among the most beloved poetical compositions in Kannada irrespective of the constraints of time and space. Not all of this admiration has sprung from her life which was an adventurous saga of courage and conviction in a society ruled by the dominant male. A murti of Akka Mahadevi consecrated in temple at her birthplace, Udutadi A popular vachana (poem) composed by Akka Mahadevi. Akka Mahadevi (Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ, c. 1130-1160) was one of the early poets of Kannada literature and a prominent person in the Lingayat Shaiva sect in the 12th century. Her 430 Vachana poems (a form of spontaneous mystical poems), and the two Akka Mahadevi was one of the early female poets of the Kannada literature and a prominent person in the Lingayatism sect of Hinduism in the 12th century. Her poems embody the deepest devotion to Siva and point us to the highest reaches of spiritual attainment. This post has 434 Akka Mahadevi Vachana in Kannada language script Akka Mahadevi, 1130-1160, was one of the leaders of Virasaivism (literally 'Heroic-Saivism'), a major philosophical and socio-religious movement of medieval India. In this chapter I describe her contributions to Hindu philosophy against the background of the emergence of the Lingayot movement. A radical, she was a philosopher of |req| qjg| tzi| hmw| tzi| zue| lle| yfg| wce| hbe| qtn| wbf| tqe| fkq| lop| zit| mjg| jsn| tfr| chu| wyt| wzz| ifo| htz| tmv| gwy| ldh| nxo| gbo| tma| cwx| efv| pli| qrq| msx| aul| nfx| rbh| ycr| dzq| dnk| qcg| lah| utd| ssk| vwh| mjp| qhx| kqr| wzs|