Vacanakāvyas

…most popular works were the Vacanakāvyas, which were devotional poems to Śiva written in rhythmic prose. The earliest work in Kannada that may be termed a novel is Nemicandra’s Līlāvatī (1370), a love story involving a prince and a princess. One of the most famous Kannada works is the Rājaśekharavilāsa,…