Kanaka Dasa

Kanaka Dasa
Kanaka Dasa
	Painting of Kanakadāsa
Personal
Born	Thimmappa Nayaka; 30 November 1509; Baada, Shiggaon, Vijayanagara Empire (present-day Haveri District, Karnataka, India)
Died	1609 (aged 100); Kaginele, Byadagi Taluk (Haveri District)
Religion	Hinduism
Parents	Beerappa (father); Bachchamma (mother);
Occupation	Ruler, saint, poet, philosopher, composer
Organization
Order	Haridasa (Dasakuta)
Philosophy	Dvaita, Vaishnavism
Religious career
Guru	Vyasatirtha

Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609)^[1] was a Haridasa saint and philosopher of Dvaita Vedanta, also known as Daasashreshta Kanakadasa (ದಾಸಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕನಕದಾಸ) from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy and a disciple of Vyasatirtha. He was a composer of Carnatic music, poet, reformer and musician.^[2] He is known for his keertanas and ugabhoga, and his compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music. Like other Haridasas, he used simple Kannada and native metrical forms for his compositions.^[3]

^ "Karnatakada Mahasant Kanakadasa by M. Basavaraj,(2007) The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ says, Anantha Raju (15 December 2018). "Illustrious Saint Kanakadasa". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Medieval Indian Literature, A Anthology (1997) by Shiva Prakash H.S., edited by Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi ISBN 8126003650, pp. 198–200

[1] "Karnatakada Mahasant Kanakadasa by M. Basavaraj,(2007) The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[2] says, Anantha Raju (15 December 2018). "Illustrious Saint Kanakadasa". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[3] Medieval Indian Literature, A Anthology (1997) by Shiva Prakash H.S., edited by Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi ISBN 8126003650, pp. 198–200

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