Nijaguna Shivayogi

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Nijaguna Shivayogi (1500 CE) was an Indian poet and a prolific writer. His poems are in Kannada language and was a follower of the Veerashaiva tradition, which he attempted to reconcile with Advaita Hinduism. He wrote an important encyclopedic work called Viveka Chintamani[1].[2]

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  1. ^ Kannada Language,official Language of Karnataka,Regional Languages of Karnataka
  2. ^ K. Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi, Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology, p. 190.