M. Chidananda Murthy (born May 10, 1931) is a Kannada writer, researcher and historian. movement. He is a wellknown scholar in Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 specializing in the history of Kannada language and ancient Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

. He is also known for his campaign to conserve the monuments Hampi

Hampi

Hampi is a village in northern Karnataka state, India. It is located within the ruins of Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the city of Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha Temple, as well as several other...

 and to secure classical language status to Kannada Language. Dr. Murthy has also articulated that uniform civil code and an anti-conversion law must be enacted by the Government in India.

Education

Chidananda Murthy obtained his Bachelor of Arts(honors) degree in 1953 from Mysore University. He obtained his post graduate degree in Kannada Literature in 1957, also from Mysore University. During his post graduation he produced his influential essay Pampa

Pampa

The Pampas are the fertile South American lowlands, covering more than , that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba, most of Uruguay, and the southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul...

 kavi mattu maulya prasara. In Mysore University, he came under the influence of great Kannada literary figures like Kuvempu

Kuvempu

Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa was a Kannada writer and poet, widely regarded as the greatest poet of 20th century Kannada literature. He is the first among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada. Puttappa wrote all his literary works using the pen name Kuvempu...

, PuTeeNa and Raghavachar. Another literary stalward TeeNamShri guided Murthy in doctoral research on Kannada inscriptions. His doctoral thesis was titled A cultural study of Kannada inscriptions. He obtained his PhD degree from Bangalore University

Bangalore University

Bangalore University is a public university located in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. The university is one of the oldest in India, dating back to 1886...

 in 1964.

Career

Chidanada Murthy was the head of the department of Kannada Bangalore University. He was also associated with Kannada Shakti Kendra. As a historian most of Murthy's work has focused on scientific study of the Kannada Inscriptions. He has attempted to contextualize inscriptions in their socio cultural setup. He has produced many books on the history of Kannada language and Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

. He has guided many research students.

Works

• Vīraśaiva dharma, Bhāratīya saṃskr̥ti Prakāśana, 2000
• Vāgartha Bāpkō, 1981
• Vacana sāhitya 1975
• Sweetness and light Sahithigala Kalavidara Balaga, 1989 [microform]
• Saṃśōdhane. 1967
• Saṃśōdhana taraṄga. Sarasa Sāhitya Prakāśana, 1966
• Pūrṇa sūryagrahaṇa Aibiec Prakāśana, 1982
• Pāṇḍitya rasa, Kannaḍa Viśvavidyālaya, 2000
• Śūnya sampādaneyannu kuritu. 1962
• Madhyakālīna Kannaḍa sāhitya mattu aspr̥śyate Prasārāṅga, Karnāṭaka Viśvavidyālaya, 1985
• Liṅgāyata adhyayangaḷu Vāgdēvi Pustakagaḷu, 1986
• Kavirājamārga. 1973
• Karnāṭaka saṃskr̥ti Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattu, 1991
• Karnāṭaka-Nēpāḷa Prasārāṅga, Kannaḍa Viśvavidyālaya, 2003
• Kannaḍāyaṇa Priyadarśini Prakāśana, 1999
• Kannada śāsanagaḷa sāmskr̥tika adhyayana. 1966
• Hosatu hosatu Kannaḍa Viśvavidyālaya, 1993
• Grāmīṇa Bāpko Prakāśana, 1977
• Cidānanda samagra sampuṭa Sapna Book House, 2002
• Basavanna National Book Trust
  National Book Trust
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  , India, 1972

Awards

• Rajyothsava award
• Sahitya Academy Award
• Pampa Award in 2002
• Alva's Nudisiri Award in 2006

External links

• Virasaivism, Caste, Revolution, Etc - Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 117, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1997), pp. 525–535

See also

• Kannada
• Kannada literature
  Kannada literature
  Kannada literature is the corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, a member of the Dravidian family spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script....