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Akka Mahadevi (Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ, c. 1130–1160) was an early poet of Kannada literature and a prominent member of the Lingayat Shaiva sect in the 12th century. Her 430 vachana s (a form of spontaneous mystical poems), and the two short writings called Mantrogopya and the Yogangatrividh are considered her known ...
Akka Mahadevi was a twelfth century (c. 1130-1160) Kannada poet, saint and mystic of the Virashaiva Bhakti Movement. The Virashaivites were social and spiritual revolutionaries in Karnataka during the twelfth century.
Akka Mahadevi. Place: Udutadi in Shivamogga District , Karnataka. Period: 12th Century. At 16, Mahadevi was the epitome of beauty. While other girls of her age dreamt of prospective bridegrooms, she decided to wed Shiva, more precisely, Chenna Mallikarjuna (the beautiful Lord, pure as Jasmine).
They criticized personal and social hypocrisy, corrected even their own husbands and in a sharane like Akka Mahadevi, we come across an intellectual and spiritual peak of the movement… These vachanas are a proof of the ability of the women writers to think and to conceptualize.
Akka Mahadevi (???? ?????) or Mahadevi or Mahadeviyakkha, a brilliant medieval Kannada poet, rebel and mystic, was a prominent figure of the Veerashaiva Bhakti movement of the 12th century Karnataka.
Akka Mahadevi Vachanas, Poems of Akkamahadevi 12 th century women writer. First Kannada women poet
Akka Mahadevi was a bhakta —an ardent lover of God—in the Shaiva tradition of South India’s Karnataka State during the twelfth century. This poet-saint celebrated her love of Lord Shiva in the language of the common people, which was for her a simple form of Kannada.
Nov 9, 2023 · Akka Mahadevi, a renowned poet-saint from Karnataka, India, emerged as a beacon of progressive thought during the 12th-century Bhakti movement. Her defiant stance against prevailing societal norms and gender expectations marked her as one of the most radical figures of her time.
May 31, 2013 · Akka Mahadevi was born in the 12th century in Udutadi village of Shivamogga (Shimoga) in Karnataka. She was initiated into the worship of Lord Shiva at a young age of 10 and later became one of the most prominent figure of the Veerashaiva Bhakti movement of the 12th century.
in their minds. In the Kadali forests, Akka Mahadevi is seen by the saints as giving up her body and achieving aikya or oneness, with Shiva. With her acceptance at the Anubhava Mantapa, Akka Mahadevi comes to be considered a part of the Virashaiva devotees or sharanas, literally those who surrender.
