![]() Naturally it gets the term as used by basavaNNa in this vachana 'vibhUti'- the Exceptional wealth. The rituals are said to be giving their full fruit only when performed wearing Holy Ash. She was born in 1130CE and lived until 1160. It stands for the cleansing of ourselves in the journey towards the Perfect Being called shiva. Born in Udutadi near the ancient city of Banavasi. She is said to have accepted the god Shiva as her husband, traditionally understood as the 'madhura bhava' or 'madhurya' form of devotion. ![]() She is in hindsight seen as a great and inspirational woman for Kannada literature and the history of Karnataka. Yet the term 'Akka', which is an honorific given to her by great Veerashaiva saints like Basavanna, Chenna Basavanna, Kinnari Bommayya, Siddharama, Allamaprabhu and Dasimayya, speaks volumes of her contribution to the movement that was underway. ![]() In all she wrote about 430 Vachanas which is relatively fewer than that compared to some other saints of her time. UNIT- V: - Impact of West - Growth of Nationalism- Freedom movement- Unification of Karnataka. Architecture - Chalukyas of Badami, Hoysalas, Vijayanagara, Bahamanis - Adil Shahi’s. Her Vachanas in Kannada, a form of didactic poetry, are considered her most notable contribution to Kannada Bhakti literature. UNIT- IV:- Literary Contributions : Pampa Vachanas ((Basava Akkamahadevi)-Dasa Literature (Purandaradasa Kanakadasa). Akka Mahadevi was a prominent figure of the Veerashaiva Bhakti movement of the 12th century Karnataka.
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