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Kanaka Dasa | |
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![]() Painting of Kanakadāsa | |
Personal | |
Born | Thimmappa Nayaka 30 November 1509 |
Died | 1609 (aged 100) Kaginele, Byadagi Taluk (Haveri District) |
Religion | Hinduism |
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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]