Belluru Mylaraiah Srikantaiah (3 January 1884 – 5 January 1946),
was an Indian author, writer and translator of
Kannada literature.
Prominent Students
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V. Seetharamaiah
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K. V. Puttappa
Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994), popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, was an Indian poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century. He was ...
Works
* ''Gadayuddha Natakam'' (ಗದಾಯುದ್ಧ ನಾಟಕಂ) (play)
* ''Aswatthaaman'' ( ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನ್ ) (Play)
* ''Honganasugalu'' ( ಹೊಂಗನಸುಗಳು ) (Poetry)
Translations
* ''English Geetegalu'' (ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಗೀತೆಗಳು )(English Songs, 1921)
*" lead kindly light"
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Kural
The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' ( ta, திருக்குறள், lit=sacred verses), or shortly the ''Kural'' ( ta, குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. The tex ...
(1940, Bangalore)
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Silappatikaram
''Cilappatikāram'' ( ta, சிலப்பதிகாரம் ml, ചിലപ്പതികാരം,IPA: ʧiləppət̪ikɑːrəm, ''lit.'' "the Tale of an Anklet"), also referred to as ''Silappathikaram'' or ''Silappatikaram'', is the e ...
Literary criticism
* ''Kannadigarige olleya saahitya'' (Good literature for Kannada People)
* ''Kannada Kaipidi'' (History of Kannada Literature)
See also
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Kannada language
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...
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Kannada literature
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Kannada poetry
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is the language spoken in Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, ಕರುನಾಡು). Karnataka has eight Jnanapeeth (ಜ್ಞಾನ ಪೀಠ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತ) award winners, the highest honor bestowed for Indi ...
References
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1884 births
1946 deaths
Kannada-language writers
People from Tumkur district
Kannada people
Academic staff of the University of Mysore
20th-century Indian poets
Writers from Karnataka
Tamil–Kannada translators
Translators of the Tirukkural into Kannada
20th-century Indian male writers
20th-century translators
Tirukkural translators
Writers in British India