Adikavi Pampa

Adikavi Pampa

Pampa (902–955), also referred to by the honorific Ādikavi (Poet of adinath purana), was a Kannada-language Jain poet whose works reflected his philosophical beliefs. He was a court poet of Vemulavada Chalukya king Arikesari II, who was a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta Emperor Krishna III. Pampa is best known for his epics Vikramārjuna Vijaya or Pampa Bharata, and the "Ādi purāṇa", both written in the champu style around c. 939. These works served as the model for all future champu works in Kannada. The works of Jain writers Pampa celebrated as one of the “three gems” (Ratnatraya) of classical "Kannada literature" alongside Sri Ponna (poet) and Ranna (Kannada poet). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adikavi Pampa is the 4,690th most popular writer (down from 2,236th in 2019). (down from 1,603rd in 2019)