[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Kannada literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada) › [Grammar, poetics and lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra) › [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt) › 1.1.2 # Karnatakabhashabhushana 1.1.2 English (machine translation) 1.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.1.2) Here the word "atha" is used at the beginning for the purpose of auspiciousness, according to the well-known dictum: "Treatises with auspicious beginnings flourish." Or it has the sense of a governing rule. The meaning is: the formation of words in the domain of Kannada is being undertaken by me. - [Previous: 1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.1.1) - [Next: 1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.2.1) - [Up: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.1.2) — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.1.2) · Pramāṇa