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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...
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  • Look up Akka or akka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Akka or AKKA may refer to: Akka (film), a 1976 Indian Tamil film Akka (TV series), a 2014–2015...
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    Mahadevi (Sanskrit: महादेवी, IAST: Mahādevī), also referred to as the Devi, Adi Parashakti and Mahamaya, is the supreme goddess in Hinduism. According...
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  • Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women's University (KSAWU, Vijayapura) also known as Karnataka State Women's University was established in August 2003 and...
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    Lingayathism", along with Basavanna, the founder of the movement, and Akka Mahadevi, the most prominent woman poet. Allamaprabhu used poetry, now part of...
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    TeachAids. In her 2020 film based on the life of 12th-century Kannada poet Akka Mahadevi, she played a dual role; one of the poet and the other of Jyothi, a...
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    Ghatachakra-vachana and Raja-yoga-vachana. Saints and Sharanas like Allamaprabhu, Akka Mahadevi, Siddarama and Basava were at the forefront of this development during...
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    in Kannada by saints of the Lingayat faith, most notably Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi, and Allama Prabhu. Vachanas critique rituals and caste discrimination...
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    thought was propagated. Other giants of veerashaiva theosophy, including Akka Mahadevi, Channabasavanna, and Basavanna himself, were active at the Anubhava...
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  • been placed in that position. She held the 12th century woman poet Akka Mahadevi, who also wrote vachanas, as her role model. By 1983 she had published...
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  • Vachanas composed by the Vachanakaras namely Basavanna, Allama Prabhu, Akka Mahadevi and Madivala Machideva. The Vachanakaras, surrendering themselves to...
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    Temple- Sakshi Ganapathi temple is located 2 km east of the main temple. Akka Mahadevi Caves, Pathalaganga, Shikareshwara Temple are few other attractions...
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  • Kaushika. There is an old fort here. Udutadi is the birthplace of Saint Akka Mahadevi, a 12th-century legendary poet who sang Lord Shiva's glory. Her verses...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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    Hindu deity. Chandika is another form of Mahadevi, similar to Durga. Chandika is a powerful form of Mahadevi who manifested to destroy evil. She is also...
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  • Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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  • Purandara Dasa Kanaka Dasa Sankardev Dadu Dayal Bahinabai Tukdoji Maharaj Akka Mahadevi Anna Hazare Debendranath Tagore Dwarkanath Ganguly Gopal Ganesh Agarkar...
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  • social and caste system. Leading figures of the movement such as Basava, Akka Mahadevi and Allama Prabhu established the Anubhava Mantapa where Lingayatism...
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    Shaktism, these triune goddesses are the manifestations of Mula-Prakriti or Mahadevi. In the traditional androcentric denominations of Hinduism, the feminine...
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  • Sharanas of the 12th century. He, along with Basava, Allama Prabhu and Akka Mahadevi, played a pivotal role in the propagation of the Lingayat faith. He...
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    teachings of these philosophers were written over the next centuries. Akka Mahadevi, Allama Prabhu, and a host of Basavanna's followers, including Chenna...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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  • Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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    related to Kannada language literature. Adikavi Pampa Sri Ponna Kuvempu Akka Mahadevi Kamath 2001, p. 114. Sastri 2002, p. 356. Sen 1999, p. 583. Upinder...
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    Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas Kathiababa Chakradhara...
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