var a ▁rag ale ▁Another ▁important ▁writing ▁( though ▁partially ▁available ), ▁in ▁the ▁rag ale ▁met re ▁is ▁the ▁Bas av ar aj ade var a ▁rag ale . ▁It ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Bas av anna ▁emphas izing ▁the ▁protagon ist ' s ▁comp ass ion ▁for ▁dev ote es ▁of ▁the ▁god ▁Sh iva . ▁This ▁work ▁is ▁the ▁earliest ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Bas av anna ▁from ▁which ▁ 1 3 ▁out ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁sections ▁are ▁available ▁and ▁are ▁considered ▁important ▁because ▁the ▁author ▁was ▁a ▁near ▁contemporary ▁of ▁his ▁protagon ist ▁and ▁set ▁the ▁tr end ▁for ▁future ▁bi ograph ers . ▁H ari h ara ▁thus ▁became ▁the ▁earliest ▁po etic ▁bi ograph er ▁in ▁the ▁K ann ada ▁language . ▁Interest ing ▁details ▁of ▁Bas av anna ' s ▁life ▁are ▁narr ated ▁by ▁H ari h ara , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁contradict ▁commonly ▁held ▁belief s . ▁The ▁author , ▁who ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁to ▁be ▁personally ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁his ▁protagon ist , ▁mixed ▁facts ▁with ▁some ▁myth ological ▁details . ▁While ▁popular ▁theory ▁holds ▁that ▁Bas av anna ▁left ▁his ▁native ▁place ▁over ▁a ▁difference ▁of ▁opinion ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁regarding ▁the ▁bra h min ical ▁init iation ▁rit ual ▁( the ▁" s ac red ▁thread ▁ceremony "), ▁H ari h ara ' s ▁account ▁states ▁Bas av anna ▁lost ▁his ▁parents ▁early ▁in ▁life ▁and ▁was ▁c ared ▁for ▁by ▁his ▁grand m other . ▁Later ▁he ▁disc arded