Summary Basavanna recalls four acts of Kudalasangama Deva: He burned Kāma, destroyed Daksha’s sacrifice, burned the mighty Tripura, and bore the deadly Hālāhala poison. The first three acts show the…

Summary The Reality that could not be seen has come directly into Basavanna’s hands. Its nearness fills him with joy: he dances, sings, and beholds it with eyes filled. This…

Summary Chennabasavanna shows the Vast that cannot ordinarily be seen in the Karasthala, the Vast that cannot be expressed in the Manasthala, and the incomparable Vast in the face of…

Summary Gold is present within stone, fire within wood, and ghee within milk, though none is immediately visible. In the same way, Shiva abides within the inner being. Basavanna asks…

Summary Madivala removes what has been constructed through imagination and makes Basavanna know the Unimagined. He brings the mind to rest, establishes it in ghana, breaks the dominance of bodily…

Summary Placed by the Lord in the mortal world, Basavanna built the Mahamane and spent his life as an attendant and servant of the true Sharanas. He does not claim…

Summary Basavanna beholds Kudalasangama Deva in the recognizable form of Shiva: four-armed, adorned with young serpents as earrings, bearing the shining trident, and riding the bull. The Lord does not…

Summary Basavanna presents a mysterious vision: seventy-two cities upon the head of a kappe, a woman within those cities, and a tender coconut shoot in her hand. These images may…

Summary Basavanna compares the revelation before him to the light of a lamp that has consumed darkness, clear water unstained by mud, and a tongue that has directly known sweetness.…

Summary Basavanna names three situations in which death appears certain, yet survival remains possible: confinement, a sword raised over the head, and shipwreck in the middle of the sea. Even…