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Contents

1. Karnataka: The Land and the People/9

2. Development of Old Kannada Language and Literature/49

3. A Historical Survey of Early Kannada Classical Literature/91

4. Buddhism in Kannada Literature/119

5. The Jaina Bhārata: Plot and Structure/131

6. Kannada Literature of the Räştrakūţa Period/157

7. Jaina Kannada Literature under the Patronage of the Calukyas of Kalyāņa / 174

8. Women Writers of Kannada (A.D. 1100-1750)/185

9. Anonymous Literature in Kannada / 217

10. Aphorisms, Maxims and Proverbs in Kannada / 220

11. Influence of other Indian Languages on Kannada / 225

12. Message of Mahākāvyas / 232

14. Kannada Technical Terms in Ancient Kannada Grammatical, Prosodical and Rhetorical Works / 252

13. Brief Notes on Poets and Poetry/238

15. Semasiological Problems in the Kannada Lexicon/262

16. Karnataka Śabdānuśāsanam / 270

17. A Historical Survey of Dictionaries in Sanskrit and Kannada / 278

18. Kannada Prosody / 302

19. Blank Verse

(i) Ragale/309

(ii) Saraļaragale/312

20. Life and Career of M. Shama Rao / 317

21. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan as a Teacher/332

22. Kannada Sahitya Carite: R. S. Mugaļi /339

23. Award Ceremony: Bhāṣā Sammān Award, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi / 342