Allama Prabhu

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Allama Prabhu was a 12th-century mystic poet-saint and key figure of the Virashaiva (Lingayat) movement, renowned for his profound, enigmatic vachanas in Kannada.

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Allama Prabhu canonical 6

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instanceOf 12th-century poet
Lingayat saint
Virashaiva poet
mystic poet
saint
vachana poet
associatedWith Akka Mahadevi
Anubhava Mantapa
Basavanna
Virashaiva sharanas
linked to: Lingayatism
country India
devoteeOf Shiva
era 12th century
ethnicity Kannadiga
linked to: Kannada people
genre devotional poetry
mystic literature
influence Kannada bhakti poetry
Lingayat literature
Virashaiva philosophy
knownFor enigmatic vachanas
mystical poetry
spiritual teachings
language Kannada
literaryForm vachana
movement Lingayatism
Virashaivism
linked to: Lingayatism
notableWork vachanas
philosophy anti-ritualism
bhakti
monotheism
social equality
position prominent Lingayat saint
spiritual leader of the Virashaiva movement
region Karnataka
religion Hinduism
role key figure of the Virashaiva movement
teacher of sharanas
style aphoristic expression
paradoxical imagery
symbolic language
theme critique of external ritual
direct experience of the divine
inner realization of God
transience of worldly life
veneratedAs saint
yogi
veneratedIn Lingayat tradition
linked to: Lingayatism
worship Linga

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Kannada literature hasNotableAuthor Allama Prabhu
Vachanas associatedWith Allama Prabhu
Akka Mahadevi associatedWith Allama Prabhu
Shunya Sampadane compilesWorksOf Allama Prabhu
Basavakalyan associatedWithPerson Allama Prabhu