Kavirajamarga of Nripatunga

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Kavirajamarga of Nripatunga is a seminal 9th-century Kannada literary work that serves as one of the earliest known treatises on Kannada poetics and grammar.

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instanceOf Kannada literary work
grammar treatise
medieval Indian literary work
poetics treatise
aim to codify norms of Kannada literary style
to guide poets in correct Kannada usage
associatedDynasty Rashtrakuta dynasty NERFINISHED
associatedWithCity Manyakheta NERFINISHED
author Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I NERFINISHED
chronology among the earliest South Indian vernacular poetics texts
commissionedBy Amoghavarsha I NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin India
culturalSignificance evidence for early standardization of Kannada
foundation text of classical Kannada literature
dateWritten 9th century
describes classification of Kannada literary styles
rules of Kannada poetic composition
standards of literary excellence in Kannada
field aesthetics
linguistics
literary theory
genre treatise
historicalContext Rashtrakuta rule in Deccan
importance one of the earliest extant works in Kannada language
one of the earliest known works on Kannada poetics
influenceOn later Kannada literary criticism
medieval Kannada poets
language Kannada
literaryForm prose
literaryTradition Kannada literature NERFINISHED
mentions earlier Kannada poets
period early medieval period
preservationStatus partially preserved
referencedBy modern scholars of Kannada literature
region Karnataka NERFINISHED
relatedTo Sanskrit poetics tradition
script Kannada script NERFINISHED
studiedIn Kannada literary studies
South Asian philology
subject Kannada grammar
Kannada poetics
prosody
rhetoric
timePeriodDescribed early development of Kannada as a literary language
titleMeaning Royal path of poets NERFINISHED
uses examples from earlier Kannada works

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Kannada literature hasNotableWork Kavirajamarga of Nripatunga