Chamarasa
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Chamarasa was an eminent 15th century Virashaiva poet in the Kannada language, during the reign of Vijayanagar Empire, a powerful empire in Southern India during 14th - 16th centuries. A contemporary and competitor to another famous Brahmin Kannada poet Kumara Vyasa, Chamarasa was patronised by King Deva Raya II. His magnum opus, "Prabhulinga Leele", written in 1430 AD, described Allama Prabhu as an early apostle of Veerashaivism.[1]
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- ^ "History of Veerashaivism". http://members.aol.com/ukumbar/vsny/Detailed.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
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- K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002) ISBN 0-19-560686-8
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