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Kanaka Dasa | |
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 Painting of Kanakadāsa | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Thimmappa Nayaka 30 November 1509 |
| Died | 1609 (aged 100) Kaginele, Byadagi Taluk (Haveri District) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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| Occupation | Ruler, saint, poet, philosopher, composer |
| Organization | |
| Order | Haridasa (Dasakuta) |
| Philosophy | Dvaita, Vaishnavism |
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Vyasatirtha |
Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609)[1] was a Haridasa saint and philosopher of Dvaita Vedanta, also known as Daasashreshta Kanakadasa (ದಾಸಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕನಕದಾಸ) from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy and a disciple of Vyasatirtha. He was a composer of Carnatic music, poet, reformer and musician.[2] He is known for his keertanas and ugabhoga, and his compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music. Like other Haridasas, he used simple Kannada and native metrical forms for his compositions.[3]
- ^ "Karnatakada Mahasant Kanakadasa by M. Basavaraj,(2007) The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ says, Anantha Raju (15 December 2018). "Illustrious Saint Kanakadasa". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Medieval Indian Literature, A Anthology (1997) by Shiva Prakash H.S., edited by Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi ISBN 8126003650, pp. 198–200