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Art. II.—The Poet Pampa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

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In the works of the poet Pampa, or Hampa as he was called in later times, we have earlier and more definite information than has hitherto been published regarding the period from which the Kannaḍa or Karṇâṭaka (so-called Canarese) language has been used for purposes of literary composition. From his first work, the Âdi Purâṇa, we learn that he was born in Śaka 824. But his second work, called Vikramârjuṇa Vijaya or the Pampa Bhârata, which established his fame, tells us that both were written in the same year—Śaka 863— and adds many particulars full of interest in regard to himself, and the circumstances under which he wrote.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1882

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page 19 note 1 The statement in the original is as follows:—

Utpaḷa mâlâ.—

Jâtiyoḷ ellam uttamada jâtiya vipra kulange nambal ê ∣

Mâto, Jinendra dharmmame valaṁ dore dharmmadoḷ endu nambi sa ∣

Jjâtiyan uttarottarame mâḍi negaḷchidan int iḷâtma vi ∣

Khyâtiyan âtan, âtana magaṁ negaḷdaṁ Kavitâguṇârṇavaṁ ‖

Pampaṁ.

page 20 note 1 Sa-pâda-laksha-kshitiyaṁ.

page 20 note 2 Champaka mâlâ.—

Kavite negaḷteyam niṛisi Jôḷada pâḷe nijâdhnâthan â-∣

Havadoḷ arâti nâyakara paṭṭave sâṛisi sanda pempu bhû-∣

Bhuvanadoḷ âḍugum belage mikk abhimânada mâtu kîrttiyam ∣

Vivarisi sandan em kaviyo sat kayiyô Kavitâguṇârṇavam ‖

page 21 note 1 Kanda.—

Râja sudhâni puṭavaha ∣

Sâjada Puligeṛeya tiruḷa Kannaḍadoḷ nir-∣

Vyâjad esakadoḷu pudid o-∣

Nd ôjeya balav iniya kavite Pampana kavite ‖

page 21 note 2 Munnina kabbaman ellam ikki meṭṭidavu.

page 22 note 1 The only Yuddha Malla among the Eastern Châḷukyas ruled about S'aka 847; they are, therefore, out of the question.

page 22 note 2 The vilest of kings, a brute among men, the husband of his step-mother, who killed an eminent brother at dinner, intent upon attempts at swallowing the skies, etc.—DrDâji, Bhau's version, Bo. J. x. p. 46.Google Scholar

page 22 note 3 The dominion of the Western Châḷukyas is described in inscriptions as a 7½ lakh country. The same designation is applied to the Hoysala kingdom of Mysore. Gaṅgavâḍi, the original territory of the Gaṅgas, was a 96,000 lakh country.