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Basava-purana

Hindu text by Bhima Kavi
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The Basava-purana is a sacred text of the Hindu Lingayat sect, written in the Kannada language by Bhima Kavi in the 14th century. It is based on an earlier Telugu version by Palkuriki Somanatha. The text recounts the life and doctrines of Basava, a 12th-century religious reformer and theologian in South India. While oral tradition credits Basava with founding the Lingayats, scholarly analysis of inscriptions suggests he revived an existing sect. Basava's poetry dedicated to Shiva is significant in Kannada literature and devotional literature (bhakti).12

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  1. Basava
  2. Lingayat
  3. South Asian arts - Period of the Tamil Cōḷa Empire (10th–13th century)
  4. Hinduism - Stories of the gods
  5. Bhāsa

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