Palakuriki Somanatha, active 13th century
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Name (Latin)
Palakuriki Somanatha, active 13th century
Other forms of name
Palakuriki Somana, active 13th century
Palakuriki Somanatha, 13th cent
Palakurki Somanath, active 13th century
Pālakuriki Sōmanāthakavi, active 13th century
Pālkurike Sōmēśvara, active 13th century
Pālkuriki Somanātha, active 13th century
Pālkuriki Sōmanāthakavi, active 13th century
Somana, Palakuriki, active 13th century
Somanatha, Palakuriki, active 13th century
Somnath, Palakurki, active 13th century
Sōmanathakavi, Pālkuriki, active 13th century
Sōmanātha, Pālkurike, active 13th century
Sōmanāthakavi, Pālakuriki, active 13th century
Date of birth
1200
Date of death
1250
Associated Language
tel
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Author's Basavapurāṇamu, 1966.
- Sōmaśēkharaśarmā, Es. Ār. Pālakuriki Sōmanātha Kavi, 1986:t.p. verso (Palakurki Somanath Kavi)
- His Śiva's warriors, c1990:CIP t.p. (Pālkuriki Somanātha)
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Wikipedia description:
Palkurike Somanatha was a poet in Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit languages and penned several classics in those languages. He was a Veerashaiva a follower of the 12th century social reformer Basava and his writings were primarily intended to propagate this faith. He was a well acclaimed Shaiva poet. The trio of Nanne Choda, Mallikarjuna Panditaradhya and Palkuriki Somanatha are referred as Śivakavitrayam (i.e. Trio of Saivite Poets). These trio along with Piduparthi poets and Yathavakkula Annamayya pioneered Veera Saiva movement in Andhra region.
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