Pampa Ramayana

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Pampa Ramayana is a seminal 10th-century Kannada retelling of the Ramayana by the poet Adikavi Pampa, renowned for its classical style and literary influence in Kannada literature.

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instanceOf Kannada epic poem
Ramayana retelling
medieval Indian literary work
alsoKnownAs Pampa Bharata Ramayana (in some scholarly contexts)
linked to: Pampa Ramayana
approximateDate c. 941 CE
associatedRegion Karnataka
associatedWith Western Chalukya period
author Adikavi Pampa
basedOn Valmiki Ramayana
linked to: Ramayana
centuryOfComposition 10th century
comparedWith Kumudendu Ramayana
Torave Ramayana
countryOfOrigin India
culturalSignificance milestone in development of Kannada as a literary language
genre epic poetry
hasTheme devotion and virtue
dharma (righteousness)
ideal kingship
influenced later Kannada Ramayana traditions
medieval Kannada poets
language Kannada
literaryForm campu (mixed prose and verse)
literaryMovement early classical Kannada period
literaryTradition Kannada literature
mainCharacter Hanuman
Lakshmana
Rama
Ravana
Sita
meterUsed various classical Kannada meters
notableFor Jain reinterpretation of the Ramayana
classical style
literary influence in Kannada
partOf classical Kannada literature canon
portraysRamaAs ideal hero
portraysRavanaAs powerful but flawed king
preservation manuscript tradition in Karnataka
religiousContext Hindu epic tradition
Jain literature
religiousOrientationOfAuthor Jainism
script Kannada script
studiedIn Kannada literary studies
subjectOf scholarly commentary in English
scholarly commentary in Kannada
taughtIn university Kannada literature curricula
titleInKannadaScript ಪಂಪ ರಾಮಾಯಣ
linked to: Pampa Ramayana

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Kannada literature hasNotableWork Pampa Ramayana
Pampa Ramayana titleInKannadaScript ಪಂಪ ರಾಮಾಯಣ
linked to: Pampa Ramayana
Pampa Ramayana alsoKnownAs Pampa Bharata Ramayana (in some scholarly contexts)
linked to: Pampa Ramayana