Basava Puranam

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Basava Puranam is a prominent Telugu devotional work that narrates the life, teachings, and miracles of the 12th-century social reformer and saint Basavanna.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Telugu literary work
devotional text
hagiographical work
associatedWithLanguageCommunity Telugu-speaking people
associatedWithRegion Karnataka NERFINISHED
South India NERFINISHED
associatedWithSaint Basavanna NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance important text for Lingayat community
prominent Telugu devotional work
depicts miracles attributed to Basavanna
focusesOn devotion to Shiva
equality and social justice
ethics and morality
social reform
genre devotional literature
hagiography
language Telugu NERFINISHED
narratesLifeOf Basavanna NERFINISHED
portraysAs Basavanna as saint
Basavanna as social reformer
religiousContext Hinduism NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Lingayatism NERFINISHED
subject life of Basavanna
miracles of Basavanna
teachings of Basavanna
teaches devotion combined with social responsibility
timePeriodDescribed 12th century
usedIn devotional reading
religious discourse among Lingayats
teaching Basavanna’s philosophy

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Telugu literature hasNotableWork Basava Puranam