Sri Ponna
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Sri Ponna was the poet royal in the court of Rashtrakuta king Krishna II. Other sources say he was in the court of Krishna III.[1] He was honoured by the title Kavichakravarthi for his prowess and domination of the Kannada literary circles at that time. He also earned the title Ubhayakavi Chakravarti for his command over Sanskrit as well.
His most famous extant works in Kannada were Santipurana and Jinaksaramale and Gatapratiyagata. His yet to be recovered work is the Bhuvanaika-Ramabhyudaya, a work on the Ramayana in 14 chapters. The Shantipurana is a eulogy of the 16th. Jain Thirthankara, Shantinatha. The Jainaksaramale is a Jaina Purana written with dignity and style. While most of the work is original, some 200 verses were translated into Kannada from a work by Kalidasa.
[edit] Notes
- ^ R. Narasimhacharya, History of Kannada Literature,pp 20 1988
[edit] References
- Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise History of Karnataka, 2001, MCC, Bangalore (reprint 2002)(Sahitya academy award, 1973).
- R. Narasimhacharya, History of Kannada Literature, 1988, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, Madras,1988
- Sri Ponna, Kavichakravarthi
- Kannada literature under Rashtrakutas, Dr. Jyotsna Kamat
