Kavirajamarga

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Kavirajamarga is a 9th-century Kannada literary work on poetics and rhetoric, regarded as the earliest extant treatise on Kannada grammar and literary theory.

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Kavirajamarga canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kannada literary work ⓘ
early Kannada grammar text ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
work on poetics ⓘ
work on rhetoric ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Rashtrakuta dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Amoghavarsha I ⓘ
attributedTo Amoghavarsha I ⓘ
Sri Vijaya ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Sanskrit poetics ⓘ
language Kannada ⓘ
literaryGenre poetics ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
literaryTradition Old Kannada literature ⓘ
mainSubject Kannada grammar ⓘ
linked to: Kannada

Kannada literary theory ⓘ
poetic theory ⓘ
prosody ⓘ
rhetorical figures ⓘ
mentions earlier Kannada poets ⓘ
patron Amoghavarsha I ⓘ
placeOfComposition Karnataka region ⓘ
preservationStatus partially preserved ⓘ
probableAuthor Sri Vijaya ⓘ
regionCovered Karnata country ⓘ
linked to: Karnataka
scriptUsed Kannada script ⓘ
targetAudience Kannada poets ⓘ
scholars of poetics ⓘ
usedAs source for early history of Kannada literature ⓘ

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

Rashtrakuta court → producedWork → Kavirajamarga ⓘ
Kannada literature → hasNotableWork → Kavirajamarga ⓘ
Amoghavarsha I → authorOf → Kavirajamarga ⓘ
Amoghavarsha I → literaryContribution → Kavirajamarga ⓘ
Amoghavarsha I → associatedWithWork → Kavirajamarga ⓘ