Basavanna

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Indian philosopher Lingayat saint bhakti movement leader medieval Indian poet philosopher poet saint social reformer

Basavanna was a 12th-century Indian philosopher, social reformer, and poet-saint who founded and propagated the egalitarian bhakti movement that shaped the Lingayat tradition in Karnataka.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Allama Prabhu 1
Channabasavanna 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian philosopher ⓘ
Lingayat saint ⓘ
bhakti movement leader ⓘ
medieval Indian poet ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
saint ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
advocated devotion to Shiva as personal god ⓘ
dignity of labour ⓘ
equality of all castes ⓘ
rejection of caste hierarchy ⓘ
women’s participation in religious life ⓘ
birthPlace Bagevadi NERFINISHED ⓘ
present-day Karnataka ⓘ
coreConcept Dasoha (sharing of earnings) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kayaka (work as worship) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
date 12th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork philosophy ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious reform ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
hasMonument Basaveshwara statue in Bangalore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basaveshwara statue in London NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Lingayat community NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval bhakti poets in Karnataka ⓘ
social reform movements in Karnataka ⓘ
knownFor Vachana literature in Kannada ⓘ
founding and shaping the Lingayat tradition ⓘ
propagating an egalitarian bhakti movement ⓘ
social and religious reforms in Karnataka ⓘ
language Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Bhakti movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lingayat movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Basava NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basavanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basaveshwara NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Vachanas NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation minister ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Lingayat philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virashaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld chief minister of the Kalachuri court at Kalyana ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Lingayatism NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedAs Jagajyoti Basaveshwara NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lingayat tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation Kalyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Lingayatism → associatedFigure → Basavanna ⓘ
Lingayatism → associatedFigure → Basavanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allama Prabhu
Lingayatism → associatedFigure → Basavanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Channabasavanna
Kannada literature → hasNotableAuthor → Basavanna ⓘ