Yakshagana poetry
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Yakshagana poetry(Yakshagana Padya or Yakshagana Prasanga) is a collection of Kannada poems used to enact a music dance drama called Yakshagana
. The poems are composed in well known Kannada metres using the frame work of Yakshagana Raga
and Yakshagana Tala
. Yakshagana also has what is called a Yakshagana metre. The collection of Yakshagana poems forming a musical drama is called a Prasanga. Oldest surviving parasanga books are believed to have been composed in 15th century. Many compositions have been lost. There are evidences to show that oral compositions were in use before 15th century.
There are more than 300 Yakshagana Prasanga books available today. Attempts are being made to preserve the texts by digitising them.
, Nagire Subba are the most well known Yakshagana poets. Muddana wrote the celebrated Ratnavati Kalyana.
are his compositions.
are few of the well known Yakshagana poets. There is a confusion regarding time and works of Parthi Subba who is believed to have written Ramayana in Yakshagana. While Muliya Timmapa and Govinda Pai have claimed that Parthi Subba (of Kumble) lived in 19th century and wrote Ramayana prasangas, Dr Shivaram Karanth vehemently rejects their opinion citing procedural lapse in their deduction. Karanth argued in his work 'Yakshagana Bayalata' that Parthi Subba, while was a Yakshagana poet or famous Bhagavatha in the 19th century, the Ramayana prasangas attributed to him are either written by an unknown poet or by a number of poets including Devidasa.
Yakshagana
Yakshagana is a musical theater popular in the coastal and Malenadu regions of Karnataka, India. Yakshagana is the recent scholastic name for what are known as kēḷike, āṭa, bayalāṭa, bayalāṭa, daśāvatāra . It is believed to have evolved from pre-classical music and theatre during Bhakti movement...
. The poems are composed in well known Kannada metres using the frame work of Yakshagana Raga
Yakshagana Raga
Yakshagana Rāga refers to melodic modes used in Yakshagana. It is based on pre-classical melodic forms that comprise of a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is founded. Yakshagana Ragas have indigenous ragas and others derived from other forms of music...
and Yakshagana Tala
Yakshagana Tala
Yakshagana Tala , is a rhythmical pattern in Yakshagana that is determined by a composition called Yakshagana Padya. Tala also decides how a composition is enacted by dancers. It is similar to Tala in other forms of Indian music, but is structurally different from them...
. Yakshagana also has what is called a Yakshagana metre. The collection of Yakshagana poems forming a musical drama is called a Prasanga. Oldest surviving parasanga books are believed to have been composed in 15th century. Many compositions have been lost. There are evidences to show that oral compositions were in use before 15th century.
There are more than 300 Yakshagana Prasanga books available today. Attempts are being made to preserve the texts by digitising them.
Some famous Prasangas
- Gadhayuddha
- Krishna sandhana
- Basmasura Mohini
- Ratnavati Kalyana
- Bhishma Vijaya
- Chandrahasa Charitre
- Abhimanyu Kalaya
- Sudhanva Kalaga
- Sugreeva Vijayam ((Andhra Yakshaganamu) Telugu - 1570) Kandukuru Rudra Kavi
The Yakshagana poets
By far MuddanaMuddana
Muddana - was a Kannada poet and writer of 19th century.His name is usually associated with Mahakavi , thus he is widely known as Mahakavi Muddana in the area of Kannada literature....
, Nagire Subba are the most well known Yakshagana poets. Muddana wrote the celebrated Ratnavati Kalyana.
- "...Nudiye ninnodeyana pesarodanudiye..."
- "...udu seneyadhipati baana tyajisuta nintanambinige..."
are his compositions.
- Purandaradasa (Anasooya Charitre)
- Nagire Subba
- Subba (son of venkata)
- Parthi Subba (a disputed author who lived in 19th century)
- Kirikkadu Vishnu Master
- Halasinahalli Narasimha Shastri
- Devidasa
- Agari Srinivasa Bagavata
- Hattinangadi rama batta
- Kadandale
- Balipa Narayana Bagavata
- Kirikkadu Vishnu Bhat
- Bidirahalli Narasimha Murthy
- Vittappa Shanai
- Hosatota Manjunatha Bhagawatha
are few of the well known Yakshagana poets. There is a confusion regarding time and works of Parthi Subba who is believed to have written Ramayana in Yakshagana. While Muliya Timmapa and Govinda Pai have claimed that Parthi Subba (of Kumble) lived in 19th century and wrote Ramayana prasangas, Dr Shivaram Karanth vehemently rejects their opinion citing procedural lapse in their deduction. Karanth argued in his work 'Yakshagana Bayalata' that Parthi Subba, while was a Yakshagana poet or famous Bhagavatha in the 19th century, the Ramayana prasangas attributed to him are either written by an unknown poet or by a number of poets including Devidasa.