[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c19.s3.23 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s3.23 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s3.23 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s3.23) This sketch of Kannada literature may close with the notice of some important works of the early seventeenth century. Most notable among them is the Karnāṭaka Śabdānuśāsana (1604) of Bhaṭṭākaḷanka Deva, the most comprehensive grammar of Kannada in 592 Sanskrit Sūtras with a gloss (vṛtti) and commentary (vyākhyā) in the same language. Its references to previous authorities and citations from leading Kannada writers are of value to the student of the history of the language. The author was a Jain and was reputed to be learned in six languages. The re-consecration of the Gommaṭa statue at Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷa in 1612 was described by poet Pañcabāṇa of that town in his Bhujabalicaritra (1614). The Kārkaḷa image was rededicated in 1646 and its history and that of Gommaṭa form the subject of Kārkaḷa-Gommaṭeśvara-caritra of Chandrama of the Tuluva country. Bijjala-rāja-caritra, giving the Jaina version of Basava's life at Kalyāṇa, and Jina-muni-tanaya on Jaina morals are other works of the period. - [Previous: c19.s3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s3.22) - [Next: c19.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s3.24) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Karṇāṭakaśabdānuśāsana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.karnatakasabdanusasana) — Bhaṭṭākaḷaṅka 1579, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s3.23) · Pramāṇa