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Allamaprabhu ( Kannada: ಅಲ್ಲಮಪ್ರಭು) was a 12th-century mystic-saint and Vachana poet (called Vachanakara) of the Kannada language, [4] propagating the unitary consciousness of Self and Shiva. [web 1] [5] Allamaprabhu is one of the celebrated poets and the patron saint [note 1] of the Lingayata [note 2] movement that reshaped medieval Karnataka s...
Dec 5, 2017 · Allama Prabhu, also known as Allama and Allaya, was a notable poet, a renowned philosopher and a patron saint of Lingayata in the 12 th century, who used art and literature to prophesy his teachings.
Allama Prabhu 's poetic style has been described as mystic and cryptic, rich in paradoxes and inversions (bedagu mode), staunchly against any form of symbolism, occult powers (siddhis) and their acquisition, temple worship, conventional systems and ritualistic practices.
Mar 28, 2020 · Twelfth-century saint-poet Allama Prabhu, along with Basavanna and Akka Mahadevi, was a founder of the Virashaiva or Lingayat movement in Karnataka. During a period of intense religious ferment, these Sharanas—protégés of Shiva—aimed to dismantle religious hierarchy and bigotry.
Shri Allama Prabhu. Prabhu, who is otherwise known as Allama, Allaya, Allama Prabhu or Prabhudevaru, was probably born in the very beginning of the 12th century. He is perhaps the most important leader of the Vīraśaiva ( Śaivism of Karnataka) Movement along with Basaveśvara.
Allama Prabhu was the protagonist of some important writings in the Kannada language. The Vijayanagara poet, Chamarasa, wrote Prabhulingalile (1430) in the court of King Deva Raya II, giving an account of the life and teachings of Allama Prabhu.
Allama Prabhu (Kannada: ಅಲ್ಲಮ ಪ್ರಭು) was a 12th-century mystic-saint and Vachana poet (called Vachanakara) of the Kannada language, propagating the unitary consciousness of Self and Shiva.
Allama Prabhu was a contemporary of Basavanna and Mahadevi in the Shiva bhakti movement of the Kannada-speaking regions in southern India. While Basavanna was considered the primary organizer of the community, Allama was in many ways thought of as the spiritual leader, the most realized of these realized poet-saints.
A South Indian poet-saint at the beginning of the Liṅgāyat (a) (Vīraśaiva) tradition. A contemporary of Basava (Basavaṇṇa), Mahādēviyakka, and other Vīraśaiva poets composing religious lyrics (vacanas) in the Dravidian language of Kannada, Allama was considered to be their Master (prabhu) and guru.
Aug 13, 2023 · Allama Prabhu is a 12th century poet-saint from Karnataka. He wrote riddle-like couplets called vachanas which spread the message of Advaita and monotheism, as practised by the Lingayats. He adopted the pen name ‘Guheshwara’ (‘Lord Residing in the Caves’, an allegory to the heart).
