(Vedartha Prakasha, Yajnatantra Sudhanidhi, Prayaschitra Sudhanidhi and Purushartha Sudhanidhi) – Sanskrit Madhava Vidyaranya (Parasara – Madhaviya, Sarva-darshana-samgraha) – Sanskrit Devanna Bhatta (Smriti Chandrika) – Sanskrit Gangadevi (Poet, Madhura Vijayam) – Sanskrit Tirumalamba Devi (Poet, Varadambika Parinayam) – Sanskrit Krishnadevaraya (Madalasa Charita, Satyavadu Parinaya& Rasamanjari – Sanskrit Ramaraja (Bakhair – Battle of Talikota – Persian??) Timmanna Kavi, patronised by king Krishnadevaraya, Kannada Kereya Padmarasa, Padmaraja Purana – Kannada Linganna, Keladinripavijayam – Kannada Unknown author, Krishnadevarayana Dinachari is a recent discovery in Kannada. Chatu Vithalanatha, Kannada Madhura, Kannada Salva Mallanarya, Veerasaivamrita – Kannada Lakkana Dandesa, Shivatatwa Chintamani – Kannada Shivagna Prasadi Mahadevayya and Halageyadeva, Shunya Sampadane – Kannada Kallumathada Prabhuva – Kannada Jakkanna – Kannada Maggeya Mayideva – Kannada Tontada Siddalingayati – Kannada Haridasa Purandaradasa (1484–1564 AD) (Father of Carnatic music. Composed 475,000 songs in Kannada. His titles wereDasaShreshta Purandaropanishat, Sangitapitamaha) Kanakadasa (1509–1607 AD) (Padas and Keertans RamadhyanaCharite, Haribhakthisara, Kalacharithre, Mohana Tarangini, Nalacharitre – Kannada) Narahari Thirtha Padmanabha Thirtha Akshobhya Thirtha Jayatirtha – Nyaya sudha, Tattva prakashika, Prameya deepika, Nyaya deepika Important works Sripadaraya of Mulbagal (1500 AD) Vyasatirtha (1447 – 1539 AD) – Guru of Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa and Krishnadevaraya wrote Nyayamritam, Tarkatandava, Tatparya Chandrika Important Works Sri Vadirajaswami Later Haridasa Guru Raghavendra Swami (1600–1671 AD) the great Sage of Manthralaya.Important works Vijaya Dasa (1687–1755 AD) Mohana Dasa Gopala Dasa (1721–1762 AD) Helavanakatte Giriyamma Jagannatha Dasa (1728–1809 AD) (Harikathamrithasara, Uga Bhogas, Keerthanas and Tathva Suvalis– Kannada) Kannada literature from Mysore Kingdom, Keladi Nayaka kingdom Basappanayaka (Shivatatwa Ratnakara – History Keladi Kings) Linganna (Keladi Napra Vijaya– History of Keladi Kings) Chikkupadhyaya, Minister and teacher of His Highness Sri Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar (1670 AD) – more than 30 works in Kannada Tirumalaraya (1680 CE) (Chikkadevaraja Vijayam, Chikkadevaraja Vamshaavali – History of Mysore Kings) Govinda Vaidya (1648 CE) (Narasaraja Vijaya – History of Mysore Kings) Bhattakalanka Deva (1604 AD) (Karnataka Shabdaushasana on grammar) Sakdakshara Deva (1657 AD) (Rajshekhara Vilasa – romantic champu) Noorondayya (1740 AD) (Soundara Kavya) Nijaguna Yogi (1650 AD) (Viveka Chintamani – Shaiva work) Nanja Raja (1760 AD) (Shiva Bhakti Mahatmya and Hari Vamsa – Puranic works) Brahma Kavi (Samaya Pariksha) Sarvajna (1650 AD) (tripadis or vachanas pithy three lined poems in Kannada) Kannada literature from old Bangalore (18th century – 20th century) 18th-century Kannada Guru Nanjesh (Jayastuti) Ekambara Dikshit (Veerabhdra Vijaya) Jayaram Pande (Radha Madhava Vilasa) Mudduveeraswamy (1700 AD) (Vachanakara) Sarpabhooshana Shivayogi (1795–1839 AD) (Vachanakara) Mahant Desika (Vachanakara) Jeerage Basavalingacharya (Vachanakara) 19th-century Kannada