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Hampa Nagarajaiah

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👤 Personal Background Full Name: Hampa Nagarajaiah Pen Name: Hampanā Date of Birth: 7 October 1936 Place of Birth: Hampasandra Village, Gowribidanur Taluk, Chikkaballapura District, Karnataka, India Spouse: Kamala Hampana, a veteran littérateur (deceased) 🎓 Education and Academic Career Completed schooling in Gowribidanur, Madhugiri, Tumkur, Mandya Graduated with B.A. (Honours) from Maharaja's College, Mysore M.A. in Kannada under scholars like Kuvempu, T.N. Srikantaiah, D.L. Narasimhachar, etc. Awarded PhD from Bangalore University for the thesis A Comprehensive Study of Vaddaradhane Served as lecturer/professor at: Mysore Maharani’s College Sahyadri Science College, Shimoga Government Colleges in Mandya, Davanagere, Bengaluru 🎙️ Lectures and Academic Engagement Delivered guest lectures on Jainism in the UK, Germany, and USA Lectured on linguistics, poetics, and Jain literature at major Indian universities including: Bengaluru, Mysore, Mangalore, Karnataka, Kuvempu, Mumbai, Madras, Madurai Kamaraj 🏛️ Administrative and Institutional Roles Served as Dean of Arts Faculty and Professor at Bengaluru University Director of: Jain Research Centre Institute of Jain Studies Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka Retired in 1996 📚 Role in Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KaSaPa) Honorary Secretary (1966–1974) President (1978–1986) – 3 terms Published around 300 scholarly books in Kannada Published 200 children's books during UNESCO’s International Year of the Child (1979) Built a Golden Jubilee memorial building at the Kannada Sahitya Parishat premises Visiting professor and honorary committee member at: London University Florida International University, USA 📕 Felicitation Volumes Pachethene (1983), Eds: T.K. Mahamood & S.M. Krishnaraya Samkriti (1988), Eds: D.H.J. Lakkappa Gowda & Prof. Sukanya Maruthi Samkarshana (1996), Eds: J. Jnanananda & Dr. Sanjeev K. Shetty Baraha Baagina (1997), Ed: H.V. Nagesh HamGranthavali (1997), Eds: Smitha Reddy & Tamil Selvi Hampanā Vangmaya (2007), Eds: Dr. M. Bhyregowda & B.R. Sathyanarayana Svasti (2010), Ed: Prof. Nalini Balbir (University of Paris) 🏅 Awards and Honors Naadoja Award (2006), Kannada University Acharya Sri Mahaprajna Jain Sahitya Award (2008) Jewel of Jain World Award by Jain World Foundation USA (2013) Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award (1993–94) Janapada Yakshagana Academy Award (1995) National Award for Best Child Literature (1990) Chavundaraya Award (1996) Kavyananda Award (1997) Karnataka Rajyotsava Award (1998) Sham Baa Joshi Award (2000) Shasana Sahitya and Chi. Na. Mangala Awards (2001) Felicitated by monasteries such as: Nidumamidi, Sringeri, Chitradurga, Savalagi, Shravanabelagola, Moorusavira, Ilakal Mathas KundKund Gyanpeeth Award, Indore Babulal Amrithlal Sha Gold Medal, Ahmedabad Acharya Sumathi Sagar Award, Sonagiri (MP) Sahitya Sindhu title (1997) Jnanabhaskara title (2001) Pampa Prashasti (2016), Govt. of Karnataka President’s Certificate from Union HRD Ministry for classical Kannada 📖 Literary Masterpiece – “Charu Vasantha” A Kannada epic poem narrating the romantic and moral journey of Charudatta and Vasantatilake Themes: Redemption, love beyond caste/creed Radical secular values Folk storytelling style Form: Desi meters including Ragale, Champu, Shatpadi; linguistic revival of rare Kannada words Deep roots in medieval Kannada poetry and Jain traditions Translated into: Rajasthani, Banjara, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Marathi, Prakrit, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Urdu, English Theatrical adaptations: Staged by Alva’s Center for Theatrical Studies in many Karnataka cities 🗣️ Contribution to Kannada Scholarship Author of Spectrum of Classical Literature in Kannada – 5 volumes Expert in Halagannada (Ancient Kannada) Shows how Jain epics shaped Kannada literary tradition Multilingual scholar: Kannada, Sanskrit, Prakrit, English Recognized globally for Kannada literature and Jainology

35 articles1978–20163 publications
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology · 22Jinamanjari · 8Sambodhi · 5

Writes about

Jain Temple PatronageJaina Temple ArchitectureJaina Religious PatronageEpigraphic Historical Evidence

Articles

Sambodhi

Pacchakkhāṇa Leading to Sallekhanā

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

2016
Sambodhi

Nishidhis and Muḍinjas Revisited

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

2012
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

The Kellas: A Profile

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

July - June 2010-2011
Sambodhi

Four Minor Royal Dynasties

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

2010
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

The Sindas: An Outline

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

July - 2009
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

The Senvaras: A Jaina Family

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

July - 2009
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

The Sendrakas: An Early Jaina Family

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

April - 2009
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Gandhahasti Mahabhasya: Revisited

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

October - 2008
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Imprints of Buddhism in Karnatala

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

January - 2007
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Bāhubali: Messenger of Peace

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

July - 2006
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

The Neo-Digambara School

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

January - 2006
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Apropos of Himsa vs Ahimsa and The Jaina Warriors

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

July - 2004
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

The Ādipurāṇa: The Genesis of Human History

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

April - 2004
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Epigraphia Jainika

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

July - 2003
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Mahāmaṅḍeśvara Būtuga: A Profile

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

January - 2003
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Dimensions of Bābānagara Inscription

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

July - 2002
Sambodhi

Dimensions of Babanagara inscription [Vide South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. XVIII. No. 187, C. E. 1168, pp. 256-59]

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

2002
Jinamanjari

Jaina Warrior: Anxiety over Practices of Himsa vs. Ahimsa

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

2001
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Jainism under Cālukyas of Kalyāṇa

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

April - 2000
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

The Gaṅga Monarchy and Jainism

By Hampa Nagarajaiah

January - 2000

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