Abhidana Vastukosha (Kannada) Hoysala Empire (950–1343) Madhvacharya – Sarvamula Granthas (Sanskrit) Vidyatirtha – Rudraprashnabhashya (Sanskrit) Nagachandra – Ramachandra Charitapurana (Kannada) Nagachandra – Mallinathapurana (Kannada) Harihara – Girija Kalyana (Kannada) Harihara – Basavarajadevara Ragale (Kannada) Raghavanka – Harischandra Kavya (Kannada) Raghavanka – Siddhara Chanitra (Kannada) Raghavanka – Veeresha Charite (Kannada) Raghavanka – Sharabha Charitre (Kannada) Raghavanka – Somanathacharita (Kannada) Raghavanka – Harihara Mahatwa (Kannada) Janna – Yashodhara Charite (Kannada) Janna – Ananthanatha Purana (Kannada) Nemichandra – Leelavati (Kannada) Nemichandra – Neminatha Purana (Kannada) Achanna – Vardhamana Purana Rudrabhatta – Jagannatha Vijaya (Kannada) Mallikarjuna – Sukti (Kannada) Mallikarjuna – Sudharnava (Kannada) Kesiraja – Shabdamanidarpana (Kannada) Hastimalla – Adipurana (Kannada) Andayya – Vardhamana Purana (Kannada) Andayya – Kabbigarakava (Kannada) Choundarasa – Abhinava Dasha Kumara Charitha (Kannada) Choundarasa – Nala Champu (Kannada) Rajaditya – Kshetraganita (Kannada) Rajaditya – Vyavaharaganita (Kannada) Rajaditya – Lilavati (Kannada) Ratta Kavi – Rata-Mata (Kannada) Bandhuvarma – Neminatha Purana (Kannada) Bandhuvarma – Harivamsha (Kannada) Mahabalakavi – Neminatha Purana (Kannada) Padmarasa – Dikshabodhe (Kannada) Hastimalla – Adipurana Trivikrama – Ushaharana (Sanskrit) Narayana Pandita – Madhwavijaya (Sanskrit) Narayana Pandita – Manimanjari (Sanskrit) Narayana Pandita – Parijataharana (Sanskrit) Vidyacharkarvartin II – Rukminikalyana (Sanskrit) Kalachuri dynasty (1164–1181), Virashaiva Saints and Vachanakaras Basavanna (known as Basaveshvara wrote the spiritual lyrics vachanas – Kannada) Madivala Machayya (vachanakara – Kannada) Madara Channayya (vachanakara – Kannada) Sakalesha Madarasa (vachanakara – Kannada) Ramanna (vachanakara – Kannada) Sujikayakada Ramitande (vachanakara – Kannada) Medara Ketayya (vachanakara – Kannada) Kayakada Basappa (vachanakara – Kannada) Virupaksha Pandita – (Chennabasavapurana – Kannada) Dharani Pandita – (Bijjalarayacharite – Kannada) Chandrasagara Varni (Bijjalarayapurana – Kannada) Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646), Kannada Haridasa Sahitya Kumara Vyasa (1430 AD) (Gadugina Bharata or Karnataka Bharata KathaManjari a Kannada adaptation of Mahabharata and Airavata. His title was Rupaka Samrajya Chakravarti (Emperor of the World of Metaphors).) Narahri or Kumara Valmiki (1500 AD) (Torave Ramayana in Kannada & Smriti Kaustubha in Sanskrit) Vittalanatha (Bhagavatha) – Kannada Ratnakarvarni (16th century) (Bharatesha Vaibhava, Triloka Sataka, Someswara Sataka) – Kannada Nanjunda – Kumara Rama Charita (16th century) – Kannada BhimaKavi – Basavapurana(1369 AD) – Kannada Padmanaka – Kannada Kereya Padmarasa – Padmaraja Purana (1385 AD) – Kannada Lakkana Dandesa Shivatatwa Chintamani (1428 AD) – Kannada Gubbi Mallanacharya – Veerasaivamrita (1513 AD) – Kannada Singiraja – Kannada Chamarasa (Prabhulinga Leele) – Kannada Akalanka (16th century), Jain scholar – Kannada Bhattakalaka (16th century) – Kannada grammarian Mangaraja (1360 AD) (Khagendra-Mani-Darpana, work on poisons and antidotes) – Kannada Sayana