Vachanas

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Bhakti literature Kannada devotional poetry Lingayat literature

Vachanas are short, free-verse devotional poems in Kannada that express the egalitarian and mystical ideals of the medieval Bhakti and Lingayat saints.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Vachana literature 1
Vachanas of Akka Mahadevi 1
Vachanas of Allama Prabhu 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti literature ⓘ
Kannada devotional poetry ⓘ
Lingayat literature ⓘ
addressedToDeity Chenna Mallikarjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guheshwara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kudalasangama Deva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Akka Mahadevi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allama Prabhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basavanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Channabasavanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Devara Dasimayya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jedara Dasimayya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madhvachari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siddharama NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCommunity Sharanas NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Bhakti movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiledIn various anthologies of Kannada literature ⓘ
country India ⓘ
form aphoristic verse ⓘ
short poem ⓘ
function devotional expression ⓘ
didactic teaching ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
spiritual instruction ⓘ
genre free verse poetry ⓘ
influenceOn Lingayat religious practice ⓘ
modern Kannada poetry ⓘ
social reform movements in Karnataka ⓘ
language Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryTradition Kannada literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter free verse ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation anti-ritualism ⓘ
bhakti ⓘ
monotheism ⓘ
social egalitarianism ⓘ
primaryTheme anti-caste ideology ⓘ
critique of ritualism ⓘ
devotion to Shiva ⓘ
egalitarianism ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
inner spirituality ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
region Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Lingayatism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Veerashaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic colloquial language ⓘ
direct speech ⓘ
use of everyday imagery ⓘ
use of paradox ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
medieval Karnataka ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bhakti movement → associatedWith → Vachanas ⓘ
Lingayatism → scripture → Vachanas ⓘ
Kannada literature → hasGenre → Vachanas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vachana literature
Kannada literature → hasNotableWork → Vachanas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vachanas of Basavanna
Kannada literature → hasNotableWork → Vachanas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vachanas of Akka Mahadevi
Kannada literature → hasNotableWork → Vachanas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vachanas of Allama Prabhu