Kavirajamarga
E905866
Kavirajamarga is a 9th-century Kannada literary work on poetics and rhetoric, regarded as the earliest extant treatise on Kannada grammar and literary theory.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kannada literary work
ⓘ
early Kannada grammar text ⓘ treatise ⓘ work on poetics ⓘ work on rhetoric ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Rashtrakuta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler | Amoghavarsha I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Amoghavarsha I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Vijaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Rashtrakuta court culture ⓘ |
| dateOfWork | 9th century ⓘ |
| describedAs | earliest extant treatise on Kannada grammar and literary theory ⓘ |
| discusses |
desi (native) and marga (classical) styles
ⓘ
meters used in Kannada poetry ⓘ ornaments of poetry (alankara) ⓘ qualities and faults of poets ⓘ |
| extantForm | incomplete text ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
classification of literary styles
ⓘ
proper usage of Kannada language ⓘ rules of composition ⓘ standards of literary excellence in Kannada ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
earliest available work of literary criticism in Kannada
ⓘ
evidence for development of Kannada as a literary language ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Kannada literary criticism
ⓘ
medieval Kannada poets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dandin's Kavyadarsha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanskrit poetics ⓘ |
| language | Kannada ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
poetics
ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Old Kannada literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Kannada grammar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kannada literary theory ⓘ poetic theory ⓘ prosody ⓘ rhetorical figures ⓘ |
| mentions | earlier Kannada poets ⓘ |
| patron | Amoghavarsha I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Karnataka region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| probableAuthor | Sri Vijaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCovered | Karnata country NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Kannada script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Kannada poets
ⓘ
scholars of poetics ⓘ |
| usedAs | source for early history of Kannada literature ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.