Yakshagana poetry

Yakshagana poetry (Kannada:ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಪ್ರಸ೦ಗ, pronounced as yaksha-gaana prasanga)(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 the 15th century.[1] Many compositions have been lost. There are evidences to show that oral compositions were in use before the 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 [2]

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.

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 the 19th century and wrote Ramayana prasangas, K. 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prof Sridhara Uppura, Diganta Sahitya publications, Managalore, 1998.
  2. ↑ Students' Britannica India By Dale Hoiberg, Indu Ramchandani, 2000 p80

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