Question

The extent of Kannada state was from the river _________ to river the Godavari as explained in Kavirajamarga.
A. Cauvery
B. Krishna
C. Bhima
D. Pennar

Answer 1

Hint:Kavirajamarga is the earliest available poetic and grammatical works in the Kannada language. The famous Rashtrakuta king, Amoghavarsha I inspired it or wrote it. Some historians claim that this text is partly based on the Sanskrit text Kavyadarsha and some also believe, the Kannada language theorist, Sri Vijaya who was a poet in the king’s court may have co-authored Kavirajamarga.

Complete Answer:Kavirajamarga was written as a guide book for poets and scholars and the name Kavirajamarga means “Royal path for poets”. A considerable body of work in prose and poetry must have existed in the preceding centuries is clear from the references made in this writing to earlier Kannada poetry and literature. Yet the works and compositions of the early authors are yet to be discovered. This writing mainly aimed to standardize these written styles. As explained in the Kavirajamarga, the extent of Kannada state was from the river Cauvery to the river the Godavari.

Thus, option (A) is the correct answer.

Additional Information: There are two palm-leaf manuscripts and two paper manuscripts of Kavirajamarga at the Manuscripts Library of the Kannada Kuvempu Adhyayana Samsthe, University of Mysore. Kavirajamarga was edited by KB Pathak and first published under the supervision of Benjamin Lewis Rice.

Note: The relationship between Kannada and Sanskrit has been explored in this beautiful piece of writing and it also deals with the history of Kannada literature, politics, culture, etc., sensitively and sensibly. The two forms of poetry (kavya prakaras) Bedande and Chittana- have also been explained by Sri Vijaya in it.