Yakshagana poetry
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Yakshagana poetry (Kannada:ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಪ್ರಸ೦ಗ, pronounced as yaksha-gaana prasanga)(Yakshagana Padya or Yakshagana Prasanga) is a collection of poems written to form a music 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[1]. 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.
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[edit] Some famous Prasangas
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- Gadhayuddha
- Krishna sandhana
- Basmasura Mohini
- Ratnavati Kalyana
- Bhishma Vijaya
- Chandrahasa Charitre
- Abhimanyu Kalaya
- Sudhanva Kalaga
[edit] The Yakshagana poets
By far Muddana, 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.
- Narige Subba (Son of Venkatappa)
- Parthi Subba (a disputed author who lived in 1800s)
- 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 as to who the famous Yakshagana poet 'Subba' is. While Muliya Timmapa and Govinda Pai have claimed it is Parthi Subba of Kumble, Dr Shivaram Karanth vehemently rejects their opinion citing procedural lapse in their deduction. Karanth argued in his work 'Yakshagana Bayalata' that Parthi Subba was a Yakshagana poet in the 19th century and the famous Yakshagana poet 'Subba' is actually Nagire Subba - the son of Devamma and Venkatappa.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Prof Sridhara Uppura, Diganta Sahitya publications, Managalore, 1998.
