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Adikavi Pampa

902 - 975

Adikavi Pampa

Pampa (c. 10th century), called by the honorific Ādikavi ("First Poet") 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adikavi Pampa has received more than 509,848 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Adikavi Pampa is the 2,237th most popular writer (down from 1,990th in 2019).

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