Sarvajna (Old Book)

DETAILS:

• Publisher: SAHITYA AKADEMI
  
• Author: K.B. Prabhu Prasad
  
• Language: English
  
• Pages: 66
  
• Cover: PAPERBACK
  
• Weight 100 gm
  
• Edition: 1987
  
• ISBN: 817201404

ABOUT THE BOOK

Sarvajna, 16th century, saint and moralist, occupies a unique place in Kannada literature. His Sayings, which contain his observations on the art and importance of living, on the meaning and purpose of life, and on the ways of the world are universal in their import, for they speak of the basic human nature itself. His ready wit weaves patterns of beautiful imagery out of familiar scenes of everyday life.

Although Sarvajna chose for his medium the 'Triplet', the indigenous Kannada metrical form of folk poetry, he breathed a new life and vitality into it and turned it into a charming and powerful vehicle of expression. Brevity, simplicity and epigrammatic terseness are some of the characteristics of his style.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

K.B.Prabhu Prasad (b. 1929), the author of this monogaph, is an eminent writer. His important works include Hawdona Baa (collection of lyrics) and Degulagela Dariyalli (travelogue) in Kannada. He has also written a number of books for children in Kannada and has translated some of them into English.

In this monograph Prabhu Prasad gives a vivid account of the life and Saying's of Sarvajna, for the benefit of the non-Kannada reader.